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Verdi's Il Trovatore

Verdi's Il Trovatore recorded at the Royal Opera House, conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti, with star leads Rachel Willis-Sorenson and Michael Fabiano.

Recorded earlier this year at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Giacomo Sagripanti conducts a performance of Verdi's dramatic opera, Il Trovatore, the Troubadour.
One of the most popular of Verdi's operas, it's full of wonderfully memorable music, a complicated plot involving family conflict, and the inevitable doomed lovers. Rachel Willis-Sorenson and Michael Fabiano lead the cast as the tragic Leonora and her lover Manrico, the Troubadour.

Martin Handley presents this performance in conversation with the music writer and broadcaster Flora Willson.

Verdi: Il Trovatore
Manrico, the Troubadour ..... Michael Fabiano (tenor)
Leonore, his lover ...... Rachel Willis-Sorenson (soprano)
Azucena ..... Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano)
Count di Luna ..... Aleksei Isaev (baritone)
Ferrando, his aide ..... Riccardo Fassi (bass)
Inez, Leonore's confidante ..... Valentina Puskas (mezzo-soprano)
Ruiz, soldier ..... Ryan Vaughan Davies (tenor)
Old gypsy ..... Dominic Barrand (bass)
Messenger ..... Andrew O'Connor
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti

For further details about the production including synopsis visit https://www.rbo.org.uk/opera-essentials-il-trovatore

3 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Sep 2025 18:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore - Acts 1&2

    Singer: Michael Fabiano. Singer: Rachel Willis-S酶rensen. Singer: Agnieszka Rehlis. Singer: Aleksei Isaev. Singer: Riccardo Fassi. Singer: Valentina Pusk谩s. Singer: Ryan Vaughan Davies. Singer: Dominic Barrand. Singer: Andrew O'Connor. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore - Act 3

    Singer: Michael Fabiano. Singer: Rachel Willis Sorensen. Singer: Agnieszka Rehlis. Singer: Aleksei Isaev. Singer: Riccardo Fassi. Singer: Valentina Pusk谩s. Singer: Ryan Vaughan Davies. Singer: Dominic Barrand. Singer: Andrew O'Connor. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore - Act 4

    Singer: Michael Fabiano. Singer: Rachel Willis-S酶rensen. Singer: Rachel Willis-S酶rensen. Singer: Agnieszka Rehlis. Singer: Aleksei Isaev. Singer: Riccardo Fassi. Singer: Valentina Pusk谩s. Singer: Ryan Vaughan Davies. Singer: Dominic Barrand. Singer: Andrew O'Connor. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus (opening chorus)

    Choir: Ch艙ur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus; Salve Regina; Laudate Pueri; Saeviat Tellus.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 19.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

    Performer: Sandra Lied Haga. Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Terje Mikkelsen.
    • Simax.

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Sep 2025 18:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3