IL TROVATORE
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano from Spanish drama of the same tittle by Atonio Garcia Gutiérrez
Premièr at Teatro Apollo, Rome – 19 January 1853
Premièr at Teatro Apollo, Rome – 19 January 1853
16†, 19, 22, 24 November 1957
Teatro Verdi, Trieste [Teatro Margherita]
Conductor: Vincenzo Bellezza
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Carlo Acly Azzolini
Scene and costumes: n/a
Count di Luna ETTORE BASTIANINI baritone
Ferrando di Luna’s captain of the guard ANTONIO
MASSARIA bass
Manrico a chieftain under the Prince of Biscay and
reputed son of Azucena MARIO FILIPPESCHI tenor
Duchess Leonora lady-in-waiting to the Princess of
Aragon LEYLA GENCER soprano
Ruiz a soldier in Manrico’s service RAIMONDO
VINCENZO tenor
An Old Gypsy n/a baritone
Inez confident of Leonora LILIANA
HUSSU soprano
Azucena a Biscayan gypsy woman DORA
MINARCHI mezzo-soprano
Time: Fifteenth Century
Place: Biscay and
Aragon
† Recording date
Photos © FOTO DE ROTA, Trieste
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.06
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.12
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.14
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.15
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.16
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.17
IL PICCOLO
1957.11.28
OPERA MAGAZINE
1957 December
IL PICCOLO
1963.08.08
Recording Excerpts [1957.11.16]
Tace la notte! Immersa... Deserta sulla terra... Anima mia! Act I "Il duello" Trio & Finale
Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto Act II "La gitana" Scene I
Il balen del suo Act II "La gitana" Scene III
Perché piangete? Act II "La gitana" Scene IV & Finale
