Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre)II. János Pál pápa tér 30., Budapest, Central Hungary, H-1087, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Programme
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | Il trovatore | Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano |
Performers
Hungarian State Opera | ||
Ádám Medveczky | Conductor | |
Judit Galgóczy | Director | |
Attila Kozma | Choreography | |
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
Hungarian State Opera Chorus | ||
Mihály Kálmándy | Baritone | Il conte di Luna |
Gabriella Létay Kiss | Soprano | Leonora |
Kamen Chanev | Tenor | Manrico |
Ildikó Komlósi | Mezzo-soprano | Azucena |
Erika Markovics | Soprano | Ines |
Gergely Ujvári | Tenor | Ruiz |
András Palerdi | Bass | Ferrando |
“In a good tragedy, everyone is right.” Verdi takes this maxim one step further: with a predilection for heaping dramatic conflicts until they lie thick on the ground, he has a special fondness for creating unresolvable situations and posing agonising dilemmas for his heroes. A drama of politics, love and revenge, Il Trovatore is both a true work of Italian romanticism and an outstanding testament to Verdi's dramatic abilities. It is little wonder that it remains one of his most popular works to this day.
A new production of the Opera directed by Judit Galgóczy, Il Trovatorepremieres at the Miskolc Opera Festival in June of 2015, and then opens at the Erkel Theatre from mid-March 2016.