Research Catalog

Title

Il trovatore [videorecording] / [a BBC Television production in association with CBC Canada and Opus Arte ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Salvadore Cammarano ; television producer, Frances Whitaker] ; directed for television by Brian Large.

Publication

Heathfield, E. Sussex : Opus Arte, [2002]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884.
• Large, Brian
• Whitaker, Frances.
• Villarroel, Verónica.
• Naef, Yvonne, 1957-
• Cura, José, 1962-
• Hvorostovsky, Dmitri.
• Tómas Tómasson, 1968-
• Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann.
• Montvidas, Edgaras, 1975-
• Rizzi, Carlo.
• Moshinsky, Elijah
• British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
• Opus Arte (Firm)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• Royal Opera House (London, England)

Description

1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubador. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war agaist the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks he's the son of the gypsy woman who raised him & whose mother was killed by the Count, but he's actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry between the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs.

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Opera.
• Based on El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
• Program notes, synopsis and biographical information in English, French and German (21 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
• Extra features on disc: Synopsis -- The cast and their characters -- Designing Il trovatore -- All about Schläger duelling.

Credits (note)

• Directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky.

Performer (note)

• Verónica Villarroel (Leonora) ; Yvonne Naef (Azucena) ; José Cura (Manrico) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il Conte di Luna) ; Tómas Tómasson (Ferrando) ; Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Ines) ; Edgaras Montvidas (Ruiz) ; The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House ; Carlo Rizzi, conductor.

Event (note)

• Recorded May 3, 2002 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

System Details (note)

• DVD, Dolby stereo or surround sound, 16:9 picture format, double layer disc.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian with optional English subtitles; DVD menu in English.

Call Number

*LDV 87

OCLC

51220421

Title

Il trovatore [videorecording] / [a BBC Television production in association with CBC Canada and Opus Arte ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Salvadore Cammarano ; television producer, Frances Whitaker] ; directed for television by Brian Large.

Imprint

Heathfield, E. Sussex : Opus Arte, [2002]

Credits

Directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky.

Cast

Verónica Villarroel (Leonora) ; Yvonne Naef (Azucena) ; José Cura (Manrico) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il Conte di Luna) ; Tómas Tómasson (Ferrando) ; Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Ines) ; Edgaras Montvidas (Ruiz) ; The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House ; Carlo Rizzi, conductor.

Event

Recorded May 3, 2002 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

System Details

DVD, Dolby stereo or surround sound, 16:9 picture format, double layer disc.

Language

Sung in Italian with optional English subtitles; DVD menu in English.

Added Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore.

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.

García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884. Trovador.

Large, Brian, television director.

Whitaker, Frances. Producer

Villarroel, Verónica. Performer

Naef, Yvonne, 1957- Performer

Cura, José, 1962- Performer

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri. Performer

Tómas Tómasson, 1968- Performer

Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann. Performer

Montvidas, Edgaras, 1975- Performer

Rizzi, Carlo. Conductor

Moshinsky, Elijah, director.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Opus Arte (Firm)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Royal Opera House (London, England)

Publisher No.

OA 0849 D Opus Arte

Research Call Number

*LDV 87 Program notes on file.