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Singer

Baritone

Leo Nucci

The Count of Luna

Alberto Gazale

Soprano

Barbara Frittoli

Leonora

Mezzo-soprano

Violeta Urmana

Azucena

Tenor

Salvatore Licitra

Manrico

Conductor

Riccardo Muti

Niksa Bareza

Stage director

Hugo De Ana

Set designer

Stage combat master

Renzo Musumeci Greco

Chorus master

Roberto Gabbiani

Bass

Giorgio Giuseppini

Ferrando

Tiziana Tramonti

Ines

Ernesto Gavazzi

Ruiz

Ernesto Panariello

An old Rom

Lighting designer

Sergio Rossi

Choreographer

Leda Lojodice

Costume designer

Teatro alla Scala

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Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

Milan

Italy

In 2001, the centenary of Verdi's death was commemorated around the world, especially in the composer’s homeland, Italy, where he died on January 27th 1901. La Scala in Milan, where many of Verdi’s greatest works were premiered, marked the anniversary by presenting a new production of Il Trovatore, even though it was first performed in January 1853 in Rome and not in Milan.

Riccardo Muti, who was Musical Director of La Scala at the time, chose a new critical version of the score, close to the composer's original vision. This version, which was controversial at the time, contributed to interest the performance in which the orchestra plays a key role. Muti provides a rendition of the opera that is full of energy. Like a painting that has regained its colours after having been restored, the opera sounded revitalized.

In the principal roles, Barbara Fritolli, Leo Nucci, Violetta Urmana and Salvatore Licitra (Toscanini said that to succeed in Il Trovatore, all that was needed was four good singers) are equal to the conductor's ambitions. The stage production by Hugo de Ana, which plays with shadows and obscurity, transports the audience into a visually ambitious dreamlike world.

Il trovatore Verdi

Public

The Troubadour

Approved

The Troubadour by Verdi, From (2000/2001), Directed by Hugo De Ana,, Conductor Riccardo Muti, Niksa Bareza, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy

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