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Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Verdi's Il Trovatore

Verdi's Il Trovatore

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Verdi's Il Trovatore

Georgia Mann presents Verdi's epic melodrama from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Georgia Mann presents Verdi's epic melodrama Il Trovatore from Covent Garden, with Riccardo Massi as the troubadour of the title and Jamie Barton as his mother Azucena.

Georgia Mann presents Verdi's epic melodrama from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Riccardo Massi as the "troubadour" of the title and Jamie Barton as his mother Azucena.  The opera's story, set in the 15th century, is driven by the power of superstition inherent to that era, and this new production by Adele Thomas takes visual inspiration from the fantastical paintings of Hieronymus Bosch.  While at the same time, as guest commentator Sarah Hibberd points out, Il Trovatore is a classic of the over-the-top 19th-century genre of melodrama.  Not to mention that it's packed with some of the best opera tunes ever, as brothers (though they don't know it) Manrico and the Conte di Luna battle for the love of Leonora and each other's death.

Leonora ..... Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano)
Azucena ..... Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano)
Manrico ..... Riccardo Massi (tenor)
Conte di Luna ..... Ludovic Tézier (baritone)
Ferrando, Luna's sidekick ..... Roberto Tagliavini (bass)
Ines ..... Gabrielė Kupšytė (mezzo-soprano)
Ruiz ..... Michael Gibson (tenor)
Old gypsy ..... John Morrissey (bass)
Messenger ..... Andrew O'Connor (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor Antonio Pappano

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