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Il trovatore / [a BBC Television production in association with CBC Canada and Opus Arte ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Salvadore Cammarano ; television producer, Frances Whitaker] ; directed for television by Brian Large.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoHeathfield : Opus Arte, [2002]
Description1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Operas.
Other author/creatorCammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 librettist.
Other author/creatorLarge, Brian director.
Other author/creatorWhitaker, Frances producer.
Other author/creatorVillarroel, Verónica performer.
Other author/creatorNaef, Yvonne, 1957- performer.
Other author/creatorCura, José, 1962- performer.
Other author/creatorHvorostovsky, Dmitri performer.
Other author/creatorRizzi, Carlo conductor.
Other author/creatorMoshinsky, Elijah director.
Other author/creatorVerdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore.
Other author/creatorGarcía Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884. Trovador.
Other author/creatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Other author/creatorCanadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Other author/creatorOpus Arte (Firm)
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England)
Abstract Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war agaist the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks he's the son of the gypsy woman who raised him & whose mother was killed by the Count, but he's actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry between the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs.
General noteOpera.
General noteBased on El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
General noteSynopsis and biographical information in English, French and German (21 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
General noteExtra features on disc: Synopsis -- the cast and their characters -- Designing Il trovatore -- All about schläger duelling.
CreditsDirected for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky.
Cast Verónica Villarroel (Leonora) ; Yvonne Naef (Azucena) ; José Cura (Manrico) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il Conte di Luna) ; Tómas Tómasson (Ferrando) ; Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Ines) ; Edgaras Montvidas (Ruiz) ; The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House ; Carlo Rizzi, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded May 3, 2002 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Technical detailsDVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby stereo or surround sound.
LanguageSung in Italian with optional English subtitles; DVD menu in English.
Publisher numberOA 0849 D Opus Arte

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