Verdi: Il Trovatore

Luca Salsi (Count Di Luna), Anna Netrebko (Leonora), Yusif Eyvazov (Manrico), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Riccardo Fassi (Ferrando), Elisabetta Zizzo (Ines), Carlo Bosi (Ruiz), Dario Giorgele (Gypsy), Antonello Ceron (Messenger), Orchestra & Chorus of the Verona Arena, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Franco...

It’s not subtle, but then Trovatore isn’t exactly a subtle opera. In any case, an enticing cast makes it worthwhile...this is not a Leonora to be messed with. Netrebko is at her considerable... — Opera, November 2020 More…

Release Date: 22nd May 2020
Catalogue No: 754704
Label: C Major

Verdi: Il Trovatore

Luca Salsi (baritone), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Yusif Eyvazov (tenor), Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano), Riccardo Fassi (bass), Elisabetta Zizzo (soprano), Carlo Bosi (tenor), Dario Giorgele (baritone), Antonello Ceron (tenor)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Verona Arena
Pier Giorgio Morandi

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It's an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer: the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. The 2,000-year-old roman amphiteatre with its gigantic stage dimensions is one of the largest and best preserved Roman construction of its kind, and with over 22,000 seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular open-air venues of the world! The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli, who died shortly before the premiere of Il Trovatore, created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armoured knights, a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral, an enormous choir, horses, breathtaking fights: “his perhaps best arena production” (Opernglas). It brings Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where she is giving her much-anticipated debut in one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most popular operas. Next to Anna Netrebko as Leonora perform Verdi accomplished baritone Luca Salsi as Count di Luna and Yusif Eyvazov returns to the Arena as his powerful-voiced opponent Manrico. MET star Dolora Zajick as Azucena and young rising Italian bass Riccardo Fassi as Ferrando join the prestigious ensemble. „Zeffirelli gives to the arena what it merits: a colourful, multifaceted staging in which impressive mass scenes alternate with intimate moments [...]“ (Der Neue Merker) “Unforgettable” (Verona Settegiorni)

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November 2020

It’s not subtle, but then Trovatore isn’t exactly a subtle opera. In any case, an enticing cast makes it worthwhile...this is not a Leonora to be messed with. Netrebko is at her considerable best in Act 4...Eyvazov is not a natural Verdi stylist, but he delivers an admirably controlled ‘Ah si ben mio’ before belting out a solid ‘Di quella pira’...At times Zeffirelli’s staging and the Pythonesque costumes raise a smile.

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