Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Opera in four acts
"If you travel to India and to Central Africa, you'll hear Trovatore.“ Nine years after the triumphant first performance, Verdi's opera had achieved the worldwide popularity that moved the composer to make this comment. The fabric of the opera could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi's dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served "the most important part of the drama“: revenge.

In Italian with German surtitles

New production

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Partner der Münchner Opernfestspiele
   

Live transmission from Munich's Nationaltheater on BR-Klassik.
30 minutes before the performance, live from the lobby of the Nationaltheater: The opening night broadcast with on-the-scene interviews and reports.

   Casts

Conductor Paolo Carignani   
Production Olivier Py   
Set and Costumes Pierre-André Weitz   
Lighting Bertrand Killy   
Chorus Sören Eckhoff   

Graf von Luna Alexey Markov 27. June, 1./5./8. July 2013  
Vitaliy Bilyy 9./12./16./20. Nov. 2013  
Leonora Anja Harteros 27. June, 1./5./8. July 2013  
Krassimira Stoyanova 9./12./16./20. Nov. 2013  
Azucena Elena Manistina   
Manrico Jonas Kaufmann   
Ferrando Kwangchul Youn 27. June, 1./5./8. July 2013  
Goran Jurić 9./12./16./20. Nov. 2013  
Inez Golda Schultz 27. June, 1./5./8. July 2013  
Laura Tatulescu 9./12./16./20. Nov. 2013  
Ruiz Francesco Petrozzi 27. June, 1./5./8. July 2013  
Dean Power 9./12./16./20. Nov. 2013  
Ein Zigeuner Rafał Pawnuk   
Ein Bote Joshua Stewart   

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera