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Pittsburgh Opera is proud to present Verdi’s sweeping, majestic opera Il Trovatore for the first time since 1999.Īntony Walker conducts Daniel Rigazzi directs.

But Leonora and Azucena each have deadly tricks up their sleeves, and are determined to have the last laughs. When Manrico himself is then captured, Leonora tells the Count she will give herself to him in exchange for Manrico’s freedom. Azucena swore to avenge her mother’s death, and will do whatever it takes to punish the Count and his family.Īfter the Count captures Azucena, Manrico attempts to rescue her. Years ago, the Count’s father killed Azucena’s mother. Both are in love with Leonora she loves Manrico and spurns the Count’s advances.Īzucena is the tormented woman who raised Manrico. Manrico and the Count di Luna, on opposite sides of a civil war in 1400s Spain, don’t know they are actually brothers.

Renowned Verdi conductor James Conlon will conduct six performances, leading a cast featuring Guanqun Yu as Leonora, tenors Limmie Pulliam and Gregory Kunde sharing the role of Manrico, Raehann Bryce-Davis as Azucena, Vladimir. Verdi’s Il Trovatore is an epic tale of love and sacrifice, deception and revenge. 18, 2021, LA Opera will open its 2021-22 season with Verdi’s Il Trovatore, officially making its return to fully-staged productions since March 8, 2020. According to the Opera Sense website, La Traviata is the most performed opera in the world while Rigoletto is the seventh most performed. Within Verdi’s oeuvre, it falls between Rigoletto (1851) and La Traviata (1853). March 25, 28, 31 & ApRevenge is a dish best served hot. Verdi’s Il Trovatore suffers from what we might call operatic-middle-child syndrome.Music by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano