Il trovatore

Teatro Real presents the second opera by Giuseppe Verdi this season on 29 June, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20 July. A show conducted by Nicola Luisotti and François López-Ferrer and produced by Francisco Negrín is based on the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez.

An opera in four acts tells the story of Count di Luna who has heard an unknown troubadour serenading Leonora. The jealous count is determined to capture and punish him, so he stands guard under her balcony.

To keep his troops awake, the captain, Ferrando, recounts the terrible story of a gypsy woman Azucena who was burned at the stake years ago for bewitching the count's infant brother. The Count is still looking for the woman and his brother everywhere.

Cast and Creative Team:

• Musical director - Nicola Luisotti  |  François López-Ferrer (4,15 July)    
• Stage director - Francisco Negrín            
• Set and costume designer - Louis Désiré             
• Lighting designer - Bruno Poet
• Chorus Master - José Luis Basso
• Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real           

Cast:

• Count di Luna - Artur Ruciński (29 June, 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 July) / Juan Jesús Rodríguez (1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 July) / George Petean (6, 9, 13, 16 July)
• Leonora - Marina Rebeka (29 June, 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 July) / Saioa Hernándezjul (1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 July) / Anna Netrebko (6, 9, 13, 16 July)
• Azucena - Ksenia Dudnikova (29 June, 2, 5, 10, 14, 17, 20 July) / Anita Rachvelishvili (1, 8, 11, 18 July) / Teresa Romano (4, 15 July) / Clémentine Margaine (6, 9, 13, 16 July)
• Manrico - Piotr Beczała  (29 June, 2, 5, 10, 14, 17 July) / Vittorio Grigòlo (8, 11, 18 July) / Celso Albelo (1, 4, 15, 20 July) / Yusif Eyvazov (6, 9, 13, 16 July)
• Ferrando - Krzysztof Bączyk (29 junio, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20 July) / Marko Mimica (4, 6, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18 July) / 
• Ines - Rocío Faus (29 June, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20 July) / Mar Morán (1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 July)          
• Ruiz - Fabián Lara (29 June, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20 July)   
• A messenger - Moisés Marín (29 June, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20 July)   

Programme:

Dramma in four parts

• Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
• Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based upon the play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez
• Premiered at the Teatro Apollo de Roma on 19 January 1853
• Premiered at the Teatro Real on 16 February 1854