Il Trovatore

from Giuseppe Verdi


Libretto

Salvatore Cammarano and Leone Emanuele Bardare after the play "El trovador" by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez

Premiere

19 January 1853, Rome (Teatro Apollo)

Cast

IL CONTE DI LUNA (baritone)
LEONORA (soprano)
AZUCENA (mezzo-soprano)
MANRICO (tenor)
FERRANDO (bass)
INES (soprano)
RUIZ (tenor)
OLD GYPSY (bass)
MESSENGER (tenor)

CHORUS
companions of Leonora, nuns, members of the counts's household, men-at-arms, gypsies

Place

Time

15th century

Composer

Verdi, Giuseppe