Il Trovatore, for the happiness of melodic inventions, the passionate lyricism and the engaging orchestration, always careful to emphasize the characters of the four protagonists, soon became the most loved opera in Verdi's time.
Total duration: about 3 hours (with intermission).
Conductor, Zubin Mehta. Director, Cesare Lievi. Sets and costumes, Luigi Perego. Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus master Lorenzo Fratini.
Artists: Il conte di Luna, Amartushvin Enkhbat Leonora, María José Siri Azucena, Ekaterina Semenchuck Manrico, Fabio Sartori Ferrando, Riccardo Fassi
