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Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore

I, 1: Introduzione : "All’erta! All’erta!"

I, 1: Introduzione : "Di due figli vivea padre beato"

I, 2: Scena e Cavatina : "Che più t'arresti?"

I, 2: "Tacea la notte placida" (Leonora)

I, 2: Scena, Romanza e Terzetto : "Tacea la notte!"

I, 2: Scena, Romanza e Terzetto : "Deserto sulla terra"

I, 2: Scena, Romanza e Terzetto : "Non m'inganno… Ella scede!"

I, 2: Scena, Romanza e Terzetto : "Di geloso amor sprezzato"

II, 1: Coro di Zingari e Canzone : "Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie"

II, 1: Coro di Zingari e Canzone : "Stride la vampa!"

II, 1: Coro di Zingari e Canzonea : "Mesta è la tua canzon!"

II, 1: Scena ed Racconto : "Soli or siamo!"

II, 1: Scena ed Racconto : "Condotta ell'era in ceppi"

II, 1: Scena e Duetto : "Non son tuo figlio?"

II, 1: Scena e Duetto : "Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto"

II, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Tutto è deserto"

II, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Il balen del suo sorriso"

II, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Qual suono!"

II, 2: Finale Secondo : "Ah! Se l'error t'ingombra"

II, 2: Finale Secondo : "Perché piangete?"

II, 2: Finale Secondo : "E deggio, e posso crederlo?"

III, 1: Coro d'Introduzione

III, 1: Scena e Terzetto : "In braccio al mio rival!"

III, 1: Scena e Terzetto : "Giorni poveri vivea"

III, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Quale d'armi fragor poc’anzi intesi?"

III, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Ah! Sì, ben mio"

III, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Manrico? - Che?"

III, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Di quella pira"

IV, 1: Scena, Aria e Miserere : "Siam giunti"

IV, 1: Scena, Aria e Miserere: "D'amor sull'ali rosee"

IV, 1: Scena, Aria e Miserere : Miserere

IV, 1: Scena, Aria e Miserere : "Tu vedrai che amore in terra"

IV, 1: Scena e Duetto : "Udiste? Come albeggi"

IV, 1: Scena e Duetto : "Vivrà! Contende il giubilo"

IV, 2: Finale Ultimo : "Madre, non dormi?"

IV, 2: Finale Ultimo : "Che! … non m'inganna quel fioco lume…"

IV, 2: Finale Ultimo : "Ti scosta! – Non respigermi"

Verdi's Il Trovatore

Cesare Lievi (stage director), Zubin Mehta (conductor) — With Amartuvshin Enkhbat (The count of Luna), María José Siri (Leonora), Ekaterina Semenchuck (Azucena)...

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Cast

Cesare Lievi — Stage director

Luigi Perego — Set designer, costume designer

Luigi Saccomandi — Lighting

Amartuvshin Enkhbat — The count of Luna

María José Siri — Leonora

Ekaterina Semenchuk — Azucena

Fabio Sartori — Manrico

Program notes

Azucena’s eternal vengeance comes back to set the stage ablaze in the timeless drama of Verdi’s Il trovatore, staged specially for the 2022 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Autumn Festival and conducted by the great Zubin Mehta! Witch-hunts, love triangles, lost children, and poisoned drinks all have a part to play, but the Spanish gypsy Azucena forms the heart of the action—indeed, Verdi initially planned to name the opera after her. She is, for Verdi scholar Julian Budden, “the first in a glorious line” of female characters with similar features: think of Ulrica in Un ballo in Maschera, Eboli in Don Carlos, Amneris in Aida.

In this dramatic mezzo-soprano role, Ekaterina Semenchuck stands out for her pathos and tragic nature, joined by experienced Verdian interpreter Fabio Sartori as the titular troubadour Manrico. Among the highlights, we would be remiss not to mention  the duet L’onda dei suoni mistici, the only moment of idyllic peace granted to the protagonist and his love interest—the noble Leonora, played by the incredible María José Siri. For his part, the splendid Amartuvshin Enkhbat, winner of the 2012 Operalia Competition, brings the “voice of a true Verdian baritone” to his unforgettable Conte di Luna.

Legendary conductor Zubin Mehta, leading the festival’s faultless orchestra and chorus, is yet another mark of the success of this production, brought to vivid life by veteran stage director Cesare Lievi with sets and costumes by Luigi Perego.

Photo © Alberto Conti

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