Il Trovatore

Overview

tt0253843. Il Trovatore (1985) Verona. Verdi / Italian. Reynald Giovaninetti conducts the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona in a performance of Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'. The international cast includes Giorgio Zancanaro and Rosalind Plowright. The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy, but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover - the troubadour, Manrico. Manrico and the Count duel, and afterwards Manrico reveals to Azucena, the woman he believes to be his mother, that when he had the opportunity to kill the Count he felt something holding him back.

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Cast

Rosalind Plowright

Leonora

Fiorenza Cossotto

Azucena

Franco Bonisolli

Manrico

Giorgio Zancanaro

Il conte di Luna

Bruno Grella

Gipsy

Giuliana Matteini

Ines

Paolo Washington

Ferrando

Gian Paolo Corradi

Ruiz