Il Trovatore - BLU-RAY

Love and revenge are fatally interwoven in Il trovatore, and barely any character survives the somber action. Based on a Spanish play in the tradition of gothic horror, it proved to be a triumph for Verdi. Within a few years it saw performances in major opera houses across the world and remains one of the most popular operas in international repertoire.

It's an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. The 2,000-year-old roman amphitheater with it's gigantic stage dimensions is one of the largest and best preserved Roman construction of it's kind, and with over 22,000 seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular open-air venues of the world! The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli, who died shortly before the premiere of Il Trovatore, created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armored knights, a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral, an enormous choir, horses, breathtaking fights Inchhis perhaps best arena productionInch (Opernglas). It brings Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where she is giving her much-anticipated debut in one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas. Next to Anna Netrebko as Leonora perform Verdi accomplished baritone Luca Salsi as Count di Luna and Yusif Eyvazov returns to the Arena as his powerful-voiced opponent Manrico. MET star Dolora Zajick as Azucena and young rising Italian bass Riccardo Fassi as Ferrando join the prestigious ensemble. InchZeffirelli gives to the arena what it merits a colourful, multifaceted staging in which impressive mass scenes alternate with intimate moments [...]Inch (Der Neue Merker) InchUnforgettableInch (Verona Settegiorni)

VERDI, G. Trovatore (Il) [Opera] (Sferisterio Opera Festival, 2016) (Blu-ray, HD) Giuseppe Verdi IL TROVATORE (Blu-ray Disc Version) CREDITS Il Conte di Luna - Marco Caria Leonora - Anna Pirozzi Azucena - Enkelejda Shkosa Manrico - Piero Pretti Ferrando - Alessandro Spina Ines - Rosanna Lo Greco Ruiz - Augusto Celsi A messenger - Alessandro Pucci Coro Lirico Marchigiano V. Bellini (chorus master Carlo Morganti) Complesso di palcoscenico Banda “Salvadei” Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra Daniel Oren, conductor Francisco Negrin, stage director Louis Désiré, set and costume designer Bruno Poet, lighting designer SPECS Picture 1080i High Definition Sound PCM Stereo / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Region code 0 (worldwide) Subtitles Italian, English, French, German Booklet notes Italian, English Running time 138 mins 1 (BD 50) Recorded at the Macerata Opera Festival, Arena Sferisterio, 31 July, 6 and 12 August 2016