Il Trovatore
Verdi's opera Il Trovatore, recorded during the 2014 Salzburg Festival.
The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover – the troubadour, Manrico. Manrico and the Count duel, and afterwards Manrico reveals to Azucena, the woman he believes to be his mother, that when he had the opportunity to kill the Count he felt something holding him back.
Top Cast
Daniele Gatti
Conductor
Francesco Meli
Manrico
Anna Netrebko
Leonora
Plácido Domingo
Il Conte di Luna
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Azucena
Riccardo Zanellato
Ferrando
Diana Haller
Ines
Gérard Schneider
Ruiz/Un messo
Raimundas Juzuitis
Un vecchio zingaro
Vienna Philharmonic
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