IL TROVATORE    

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)                                         
Opera in four acts in Italian [Sung in Turkish]
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano from Spanish drama of the same tittle by Atonio Garcia Gutiérrez
Premièr at Teatro Apollo, Rome – 19 January 1853
09 February 1955 (11 Performances)                                
State Opera and Ballet, Ankara

Conductor: Adolfo Camozzo
Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo
Stage director: Vedat Gürten
Scene and costumes: Tarık Levendoğlu

Count di Luna RIFKI AR/NEVZAT KARATEKİN baritone
Ferrando di Luna’s captain of the guard AYHAN BARAN/SELİM ÜNOKUR bass
Manrico a chieftain under the Prince of Biscay and reputed son of Azucena ÖZCAN SEVGEN tenor
Duchess Leonora lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Ruiz a soldier in Manrico’s service HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ tenor
An Old Gypsy İHSAN ŞENOL baritone
Inez confident of Leonora MUKADDER GİRGİNKOÇ soprano
Azucena a Biscayan gypsy woman NECDET DEMİR/SAADET ALP/FEVZİYE BARTU mezzo-soprano
Un messo n/a tenor

Time: Fifteenth Century
Place: Biscay and Aragon

AKİS WEEKLY MAGAZINE                                            

1954.10.02                                                 

STATE OPERA MAGAZINE                                          
1960.01.09