Great music, infernal costumes, attention-grabbing design, this opera has everything except an intelligible plot.
Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism on any device. Cancel anytime during your trial.
Hosted on MSN14d
Il Trovatore - Royal Ballet and OperaIl Trovatore can seem at first like a parodistic ... I must admit to losing track of the plot during her moments on stage, so unwilling was I to let even a moment of attention drop to the surtitles.
Giacomo Sagripanti’s live wire dynamics and keenly judged tempo choices keep this revival of Verdi's Il trovatore buoyant at ...
The work also plays to preconceptions about Italian opera: a plot that twists and leaps, mistaken identities, set pieces, catchy tunes, opportunities for vocal display and characters singing about ...
Dal Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Rai Cultura propone “Il Trovatore” di Giuseppe Verdi nell’edizione diretta da Riccardo Muti con la regia di Hugo de Ana che inaugurò il Centenario verdiano nel 2000, ...
An animated revival of Adele Thomas’s 2023 production, Il Trovatore strays from realism and instead focuses on a heavily symbolic reading of this dark and gritty opera. With macabre medieval ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback