Organization

Singer

Tenor

Antonio Poli

Manrico

Soprano

Francesca Dotto

Leonora

Mezzo-soprano

Carmen Topciu

Azucena

Stage director

Lorenzo Mariani

Conductor

Francesco Ivan Ciampa

Baritone

Mattia Olivieri

The Count of Luna

Bass

Simon Lim

Ferrando

Costume designer

William Orlandi

Set designer

Chorus master

Alfonso Caiani

Lighting designer

Fabio Barettin

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Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

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Il trovatore Verdi

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The Troubadour

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Teatro La Fenice - 2013/2014 season "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi seen from behind the scenes. In particular from the make-up room, where the performers talk to the artistic director of the Fortunato Ortombina theater. From Gregory Kunde, Manrico, to Veronica Simeoni, Azucena; passing through Roberto Tagliavini in the role of Ferrando and Elisa Savino, in that of Ines

Il Trovatore , which debuted in Rome in 1853, is a panel from Verdi's so-called 'popular trilogy' alongside Rigoletto and La traviata . Themes such as delirium, revenge, family and civil war are expressed in heated dramatic contrasts. Over all the characters towers the gypsy Azucena, an outcast of society. Verdi, who had already crossed the traditions of bel canto, here pushed dramaturgy to the extreme border of the dominant taste, so that some critics accused the plot of confusion and lack of credibility. Yet the music is sublime. "Tacea la notte placida" (Leonora, act I), the Chorus of the anvil and the ballad of Azucena "Stride la vampa" (act II), the cabaletta "Di quel pira" (Manrico, act III) are among the top of this gloomy masterpiece.

The Troubadour by Verdi, From (2022/2022), Directed by Lorenzo Mariani,, Conductor Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy

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