Composer: Giuseppe Verdi · Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano, finished by Leone Emanuele Bardare, after “El trovador” by Antonio García Gutiérrez

In Italian with German and English surtitles

Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Production: Olivier Py

Conte di Luna: George Petean
Leonora: Sondra Radvanovsky
Azucena: Okka von der Damerau
Manrico: Francesco Meli
Ferrando: Bálint Szabó
Ines: Emily Pogorelc
Ruiz: Evan LeRoy Johnson
Ein Zigeuner: Roman Chabaranok
Ein Bote: Joel Williams

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper

The fabric of Il Trovatore could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi’s dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served “the most important part of the drama“: revenge.Sports Shoes | adidas