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The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
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Title: The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

Release Date: 30 Apr 2011

Runtime: 2h 29m

Genre: Drama, Music

Director: The Metropolitan Opera

Production Companies: The Metropolitan Opera

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 8 (2 votes)

Cast

  • Manrico: Marcelo Álvarez
  • Leonora: Sondra Radvanovsky
  • Count di Luna: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Azucena: Dolora Zajick
  • Ferrando: Štefan Kocán
  • Ines: Maria Zifchak
  • Ruiz: Eduardo Valdes
  • Self - Host: Renée Fleming
  • Self - Conductor: Marco Armiliato
  • A Gypsy: Robert Maher
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