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
10, 15 October 1959
Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne

5. FESTIVAL d'OPERAS ITALIENS 
 
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale, Bologna
Conductor: Manno Wolf-Ferrari
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Augusto Cardi
 
Count di Luna UGO SAVARESE baritone
Ferrando di Luna’s captain of the guard ENRICO CAMPI bass
Manrico a chieftain under the Prince of Biscay and reputed son of Azucena UMBERTO BOISO tenor
Duchess Leonora lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon LEYLA GENCER soprano
Ruiz a soldier in Manrico’s service MARIO FERRARA tenor
An Old Gypsy n/a baritone
Inez confident of Leonora VITTORIA MAGNAGNI soprano
Azucena a Biscayan gypsy woman LUCIA DANIELI mezzo-soprano
 
Time: Fifteenth Century
Place: Biscay and Aragon