Il Trovatore

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Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettists
Salvadore Cammarano

and

Leone Emanuele Bardare
Based On

the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1958
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Georges Sebastian
Stage Director(s)
Enrico Frigerio
Chorus Director
Gianni Lazzari
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Leonora, a noble lady of Aragon
Leontyne Price
Manrico, a young chieftain
Jussi Bjoerling(9/26)
Piero Miranda Ferraro(10/11)
Azucena, a wandering Biscayan Gypsy
Claramae Turner(9/26)
Irene Dalis(10/11)
Count di Luna, a young noble of Aragon
Louis Quilico
Ferrando, a guard captain of Count di Luna
Mark Elyn
Inez, attendant to Leonora
Margot Blum(9/26)
Frances Groves(10/11)
Ruiz, a soldier in Manrico's service
Virginio Assandri
Old Gypsy
Harold Enns

Show Dates

Time and Place

Middle of the Fifteenth Century; Biscay and Aragon

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A courtyard in Aliaferia Palace
Scene 2 -- The garden of the Palace
Act II, Scene 1 -- Gypsy camp in the Biscay Mountains
Scene 2 -- The cloister of a Convent
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Encampment of Count di Luna's soldiers
Scene 2 -- Room in Manrico's Castle
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the tower, Aliaferia Palace
Scene 2 -- Prison cell of Manrico

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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