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“More and more I’m finding the real Italian in me,” said British-born, American-trained Antonio Pappano shortly after making this recording of Il trovatore. With its complex plot, volcanic emotions and outpourings of melody, Verdi’s fiery drama is often judged the quintessential Italian opera. Pappano conducts a cast that can rise to its thrilling challenges, with Roberto Alagna in the title role of Manrico, the troubadour, Thomas Hampson as his antagonist, Angela Gheorghiu as the object of both their affections and Larissa Diadkova as the opera’s pivotal figure, Azucena, a woman haunted by the past.
“More and more I’m finding the real Italian in me,” said British-born, American-trained Antonio Pappano shortly after making this recording of Il trovatore. With its complex plot, volcanic emotions and outpourings of melody, Verdi’s fiery drama is often judged the quintessential Italian opera. Pappano conducts a cast that can rise to its thrilling challenges, with Roberto Alagna in the title role of Manrico, the troubadour, Thomas Hampson as his antagonist, Angela Gheorghiu as the object of both their affections and Larissa Diadkova as the opera’s pivotal figure, Azucena, a woman haunted by the past. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano),
Thomas Hampson (Baritone),
Larissa Diadkova (Mezzo Soprano),
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bass),
Federica Proietti (Mezzo Soprano),
Enrico Facini (Tenor),
Riccardo Simonetti (Baritone),
Andrew Busher (Tenor),
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra,
London Voices
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 2001
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
Length: 132 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: Italian
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