The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete, David McVicar
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Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.Read moreLess
Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.
The story
Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.
Cast & crew
Marcelo ÁlvarezManrico
Sondra RadvanovskyLeonora
Dmitri HvorostovskyCount di Luna
Dolora ZajickAzucena
Štefan KocánFerrando
Maria ZifchakInes
Renée FlemingSelf - Host
Marco ArmiliatoSelf - Conductor
MET OrchestraSelfExplore the crew
- Writer
- Salvadore Cammarano
- Director
- Barbara Willis Sweete
- Original Music Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Producer
- Victoria Warivonchik
- Producer
- Louisa Briccetti
- Director
- David McVicar