Description
Verdi: Il Trovatore (THE TROUBADOUR) / Lyric drama in four parts Libretto by SALVADORE CAMMARANO & LEONE EMANUELE BARDARE / La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra / La Monnaie Choir / BONUS: Interview with Dmitri Tcherniakov / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 3760115301085
UPC: 3760115301085
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.35 x 0.67 x 7.48 inches; 2.93 Ounces
- Director : Andy Sommer
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 29 minutes
- Release date : November 18, 2014
- Actors : Misha Didyk, Giovanni Furlanetto, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Marina Poplavskaya, Scott Hendricks
- Dubbed: : None
- Subtitles: : French, English, German, Dutch
- Language : Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0), Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Bel Air Classiques
- Number of discs : 1
After the success of Rigoletto, Verdi called on librettist Salvadore Cammarano in 1851 for his new opera Il Trovatore, based on the eponymous play by Spanish playwright Antonio García Gutiérrez. Verdi takes us to 15th century northern Spain to witness the tragic destiny of those under the control of the gypsy Azucena, who seeks to avenge the death of his mother. The first percussion notes are solemn, setting the tone for Verdis masterpiece, whose main themes include abandonment, passion, power, love for ones parents and vengeance. The music is sometimes tender and sensuous, with exceptional energy and force, revealing daring and mastery in its musical and vocal language. This production marked the debut of Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov at La Monnaie and the first Verdi interpretation by Marc Minkowski.
