Il trovatore / [a Metropolitan Opera Television production] ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; production, Fabrizio Melano ; video director, Brian Large.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon : Manufactured by PolyGram, [2000], ℗1990. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Melano, Fabrizio, production personnel. |
| Other author/creator | Large, Brian director. |
| Other author/creator | Marton, Eva singer. |
| Other author/creator | Zajick, Dolora singer. |
| Other author/creator | Pavarotti, Luciano singer. |
| Other author/creator | Milnes, Sherrill singer. |
| Other author/creator | Wells, Jeffrey singer. |
| Other author/creator | Di Franco, Loretta singer. |
| Other author/creator | Baker, Mark (Tenor) singer. |
| Other author/creator | Levine, James, 1943-2021 conductor. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. |
| Included Work | García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884. Trovador. |
| Other author/creator | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) production personnel, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Metropolitan Opera Television (Firm), producer. |
| Other author/creator | Deutsche Grammophon (Firm), publisher. |
| Abstract | Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war against 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 note | Opera. |
| General note | Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano ; based on El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. |
| General note | Originally broadcast by PBS on December 21, 1988 in the Live from the Met series. |
| General note | Synopsis in English by Roger Parker with French and German translations (23 p. : ill. ;19 cm.) laid in container. |
| Credits | Camera, William Akerlund ... [et al.]. |
| Performer | Eva Marton (Leonora) ; Dolora Zajick (Azucena) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Manrico) ; Sherrill Milnes (Il Conte di Luna) ; Jeffrey Wells (Ferrando) ; Loretta di Franco (Ines) ; Mark Baker (Ruiz) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Produced October 15th, 1988 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. |
| Technical details | DVD, PCM stereo, 4:3 picture format. |
| Language | Sung in Italian with Italian, English, German, French or Chinese subtitles; DVD menu in English and Chinese. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Other title | Live from the Met. |
| UPC | 044007300299 |
| Publisher number | 440 073 002-9 Deutsche Grammophon |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | DVD-972 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |