A return for the Teatro Real’s production of Il trovatore, directed by Francisco Negrín, one of the most popular titles in the entire operatic repertoire. Featuring in this opera from Verdi's popular trilogy will be the voices of Artur Rucinski, Marina Rebeka, Saioa Hernández, Anna Netrebko, and Anita Rachvelishvili, making her debut at the Real, as well as other artists.
Dramma in four parts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, after Antonio García Gutiérrez’s play El trovador (1836)
Premiered at Teatro Apollo (Rome) on 19 January 1853
Premiered at Teatro Real on 16 February 1854
Producers Teatro Real, in co-production with Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Royal Danish Opera (Copenhagen)
Artistic team
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti / François López-Ferrer (4, 15 jul)
Director: Francisco Negrín
Set and costume design: Louis Desiré
Lighting design: Bruno Poet
Chorus director: José Luis Basso
Cast
Count di Luna
Artur Ruciński_ 29 jun; 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 jul
Juan Jesús Rodríguez _ 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 jul
George Petean _ 6, 9, 13, 16 jul
Leonora
Marina Rebeka _ 29 jun; 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 jul
Saioa Hernández _ 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 jul
Anna Netrebko _ 6, 9, 13, 16 jul
Azucena
Ksenia Dudnikova _ 29 jun; 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 jul
Anita Rachvelishvili _ 1, 8, 11, 18 jul
Teresa Romano _ 4, 15 jul
Clémentine Margaine _ 6, 9, 13, 16 jul
Manrico
Piotr Beczała _ 29 jun; 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 jul
Vittorio Grigolo _ 1, 8, 11, 18 jul
Celso Albelo _ 4, 15, 20 jul
Yusif Eyvazov _ 6, 9, 13, 16 jul
Ferrando
Krysztof Baczyk _ 29 jun; 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20 jul
Marko Mimica _ 4, 6, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18 jul
Ines
Rocío Faus _ 29 jun; 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20 jul
Mar Morán _ 1, 4, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18 jul
Ruiz
Fabián Lara
Messenger
Moisés Marín
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real
