Il Trovatore / Verdi (concert version)

SUNDAY 6TH JULY / 21h30

Roman Theater

Postponed to the next day in case of bad weather

Opera in 4 acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Antonio García Gutiérrez

Premiere: Teatro Apollo, Rome, 19 January 1853

CONDUCTOR Jader Bignamini

LEONORA Anna Netrebko

AZUCENA Marie-Nicole Lemieux

INEZ Claire de Monteil

MANRICO Yusif Eyvazov

IL CONTE LUNA Aleksei Isaev

FERRANDO Riccardo Zanellato

Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille

Chœurs des Chorégies et de l’Opéra Grand Avignon

Is it still necessary to praise the immense qualities of this opera, while some dwell on the weaknesses of the libretto?

The worldwide success of Trovatore is enough to sweep away these reservations. Arias, cabalettes, duets, trios, large choruses... all the ingredients of Verdian genius are present. Added to these qualities is the marvellous heroic romanticism of the score.

Carried by a dazzling cast, the voices of Trovatore will rise in the night of the Théâtre Antique, and the magic will work once again.