Organization

DomStufen-Festspiele

Singer

Tenor

Thomas Paul

Manrico

Eduard Martynyuk

Adorján Pataki

Soprano

Elena Stikhina

Leonora

Ekaterina Godovanets

Baritone

Todd Thomas

The Count of Luna

Gérard Kim

Mezzo-soprano

Agnieszka Rehlis

Azucena

Eliška Weissová

Bass

Andriy Maslakov

Ferrando

Kakhaber Shavidze

Margrethe Fredheim

Ines

Julia Neumann

Jörg Rathmann

Ruiz

Alexander Voigt

Conductor

Samuel Bächli

Stage director

Jürgen R Weber

Set designer

Hank Irwin Kittel

Costume designer

Chorus master

Andreas Ketelhut

Dramaturge

Lorina Strange

Theater Erfurt

Italian

Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

Erfurt

Germany

Domstufen

Il trovatore Verdi

Public

Private

The Troubadour

German

Approved

It could be a very typical love story: the Count di Luna falls in love with the noblewoman Leonore. But she has a second attractive suitor, the knight Manrico, who serenades her as a troubadour. Seduced by his music, she chooses him. There is a duel. The story becomes particularly explosive through Manrico's mother, the gypsy Azucena. When Manrico lies injured on his sickbed, she reveals an old story, according to which her mother once predicted the future to the younger of the two sons of the count and was burnt as a witch as a result. To avenge her mother, she abducted the heir to the throne and also threw him into the flames. The innocent Leonore is drawn into this family feud, and an increasingly complex, dramatic scenario develops in the midst of love, jealousy, revenge and intrigue.

This opera already started to become hugely popular shortly after its first performance in Rome in 1853. Within just three years, it had enjoyed 229 new productions worldwide attended by enthusiastic audiences. Giuseppe Verdi himself was most captivated by the mysterious figure of the gypsy woman and, inspired by this, created a masterpiece of expressive power and subtle characterisation. The rich flow of melody that is so typical of his music is supplemented here by musically effective, impressive mood paintings at the dramatic focal points.

The richly varied, gloomy plot locations, such as the fortress, monastery and dungeon, seem to have been deliberately chosen for the atmospheric setting of the Cathedral steps.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer