Title: Il trovatore
Authors: Bardare, Leone Emanuele.; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Radvanovsky, Sondra.; Zajick, Dolora; Álvarez, Marcelo, 1962-; Kočan, Stefan.; Zifchak, Maria.; Valdes, Eduardo; Maher, Robert; Aparentado, Raymond.; Armiliato, Marco.; McVicar, David.; Edwards, Charles.; Reiffenstuel, Brigitte.; Tipton, Jennifer.; Hausman, Leah.; Williams, Paula,; Sweete, Barbara Willis.; Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.; García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884.; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Deutsche Grammophon (Firm); Universal Music Distribution.
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon : distributed by Universal Music Distribution,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Operas
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.