Il trovatore

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Bardare, Leone Emanuele

Librettist/Text Author: Cammarano, Salvatore

Libretto Source: Garcia Gutierrez, Antonio

Conductor: Rosner, Thomas

Orchestra: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Chorus: Moscow Chamber Choir

Chorus: Bregenz Festival Chorus

Azucena: Cornetti, Marianne

Ferrando: Parodi, Giovanni Battista

Il Conte di Luna: Lucic, Zeljko

Ines: Meek, Deanne

Leonora: Tamar, Iano

Manrico: Tanner, Carl

Ruiz: Ordonez, Jose Luis

Set Designer: Steinberg, Paul

Costume Designer: Boruzescu, Miruna

Lighting Designer: Woodroffe, Patrick

Choreographer: Giraudeau, Philippe

Stage Director: Carsen, Robert

Television Producer: Hajal, Tony

Television Director: Roussillon, Francois

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Date of Production: 13-08-2006

Festival: Bregenz Festival

Venue: Lake Constance, Bregenz

Playing Time: 02:49:48

Catalogue Number: OA0974D

UPC: 809478009740

Libretto

Il trovatore

Synopsis

Il trovatore

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A gigantic blood-red monster, made of steel and flames, floating on the still waters of Lake Constance - this is Robert Carsen's unconventional vision of the setting of Verdi's masterpiece Il Trovatore for the 60th anniversary of the Bregenz Festival. In this threatening set of fire and metal, designed by Paul Steinberg, the characters burn with the passions they experience ?EUR" love, hatred, sexual desire and revenge ?EUR" and which eventually destroy them. The live recording of this most spectacular outdoor production combines astonishing images, relevant reflections on today's world and superb musical expression from the soloists and the world-renowned Wiener Symphoniker Orchestra, inspired by musical director Thomas Rosner.

Bonus features:

- A Stage on a Lake- a documentary including interviews with the stage director and set designer

- Illustrated Synopsis