Photo © Charles Duprat / OnP
Photo © Charles Duprat / OnP
Le Trouvère
Opéra Bastille - from 02 February to 03 March 2021
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Le Trouvère
Opera Giuseppe Verdi
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Opéra Bastille - from 02 February to 03 March 2021
2h55 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
About
In few words:
The most popular opera of its time and acclaimed since its creation, Il Trovatore single-handedly illustrates the magic of opera. Returning to the stage of the Opéra Bastille in a production by Àlex Ollé, one of the six artistic directors of the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus, this opera with its numerous twists and turns has all the ingredients of a cloak-and-dagger novel, including castles, soldiers, burnings at the stake, and outlaws...
Àlex Ollé has chosen to set Il Trovatore in the context of the First World War, thus justifying the extreme situations which the characters have to face: love, jealousy, hate and the desire for vengeance… Based around Antonio García Gutiérrez’s Spanish classic El Trovador ( 1836), the intense, complex libretto is transcended by the beauty of the singing and the director’s turbulent yet visionary vitality.
Characters
Ferrando: Captain of the Count di Luna’s guard
Leonora: Lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon
Ines: Leonora’s confidante
The Count di Luna: A young nobleman of Aragon
Manrico: A troubadour, he is Count di Luna’s political rival and rival in love
Azucena: A gypsy, believed to be Manrico’s mother
Ruiz: A partisan of Manrico
Il Trovatore
Opera in four parts (1853)
After Antonio García Gutiérrez
Music :
Libretto :
Salvatore Cammarano
Conductor :
Director :
Set design :
Costume design :
Lighting design :
Chorus master :
Directoc collaboration :
Il Conte di Luna :
21 Jan. > 14 Feb.
17 Feb. > 3 March
Leonora :
21 Jan. > 7 Feb.
10 Feb. > 3 March
Manrico :
21 Jan. > 14 Feb.
17 Feb. > 3 March
Azucena :
Ferrando :
Ines :
Ruiz :
Un vecchio Zingaro :
Un Messo :
Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Il Trovatore (saison 17/18) - Leonora (Jennifer Rowley)
Il Trovatore (saison 17/18) - Leonora (Jennifer Rowley)
Il Trovatore (saison 17/18)- Manrico (Yusif Eyvasov)
Il Trovatore (saison 17/18)- Azucena (Ekaterina Semenchuk)
About the work
A troubadour at war
The spirit of the terrible, accursed witch still walks the earth
By Henriette Asséo and Simon Hatab
Beyond the experience
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