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Il trovatore
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- Summary
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The Count di Luna fights Manrico over Leonora. He does not know that Manrico, a troubador who was raised by the gypsy woman Azucena, is actually his long-lost brother.
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- Creator
- Verdi ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and WNET
- Included Title
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- Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Italian
- Contributors
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- Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852, librettist
- Bardare, Leone Emanuele, librettist
- Hvorostovsky, Dmitri, vocalist
- Radvanovsky, Sondra, vocalist
- Zajick, Dolora, vocalist
- Álvarez, Marcelo, 1962- vocalist
- Kočan, Štefan, 1972- vocalist
- Zifchak, Maria, vocalist
- Valdes, Eduardo (Tenor), vocalist
- Maher, Robert (Baritone), vocalist
- Aparentado, Raymond, vocalist
- Armiliato, Marco, conductor
- McVicar, David, producer
- Sweete, Barbara Willis, director
- Edwards, Charles, 1965- set designer
- Reiffenstuel, Brigitte, costume designer
- Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer
- Hausman, Leah, choreographer
- Williams, Paula (Paula G.), director
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore
- García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884. Trovador
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Publication
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- Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S. : Distributed by Universal Music Distribution, ©2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn806224971
- Credits
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- Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Conte di Luna) ; Sondra Radvaovsky (Leonara) ; Dolora Zajick (Azucena) ; Marcelo Álvarez (Manrico) ; Stefan Kocán (Ferrando) ; Maria Zifchak (Ines) ; Eduardo Valdes (Ruiz) ; Robért Maher (vecchio zIngaro) ; Raymond Aparentado (messo) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; Renée Fleming, host
- Production, David McVicar ; director, Barbara Willis Sweete.; set designer, Charles Edwards ; costume designer, Brigitte Reiffenstuel ; lighting design, Jennifer Tipton ; choreographer, Leah Hausman ; stage director, Paula Williams
- Opera in 4 acts.
- Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano and Leone Emanuele Bardare ; based on the play El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
- Program notes by Ellen Keel and synopsis by Roger Parker (16 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
- Extras: Backstage at the Met with Sondra Radvanovsky, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Dolora Zajick.
- Recorded Apr. 30, 2011, for Great performances.
- DVD-9; NTSC; region 0; aspect ratio 16:9; DTS 5.1, PCM stereo.
- Sung in Italian; optional subtitles in Italian, German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese.