MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: IL TROVATORE

Posted by Layla on June 26, 2013 in MET OPERA LIVE IN HD | Leave a comment

GIUSEPPE VERDI

2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON

JUNE 26, 2013 @ 7 PM

RUN TIME: 2 HRS 40 MIN

David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website:  http://www.metopera.org

CONDUCTOR: Marco Armiliato

PRODUCTION: David McVicar

CAST: Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:  http://www.metoperafamily.org/uploadedFiles/TROVATORE.HD.synopsis.DATES.pdf

VIDEO:  Video courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera

PHOTOS:  Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

A scene from Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.”

Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Count di Luna and Sondra Radvanovsky as Leonora in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.”                   Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Dolora Zajick as Azucena in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.”                                                                                                              Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Sondra Radvanovsky as Leonora and Marcelo Alvarez as Manrico in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”                                        Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera