A R E N a D I V E R O

ARENA DI VERONA

Anna Netrebko Yusif Eyvazov Luca Salsi Dolora Zajick Riccardo Fassi Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of Arena di Verona CONDUCTED BY Pier Giorgio Morandi

STAGED BY Franco Zeffirelli Verdi meets ′Game of Thrones′ It’s an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful the largest and best preserved Roman construction of its kind, and with over 22,000 Il Trovatore, created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armoured knights, cities in the world every summer: the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular open-air venues of the world! a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral, an enormous choir, horses, breathtaking The 2,000-year-old roman amphiteatre with its gigantic stage dimensions is one of The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli, who died shortly before the premiere of fights: “his perhaps best arena production” (Opernglas). GIUSEPPE VERDI IlTrovatorE Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi A monumental staging by late legendary director Franco Zeffirelli Chorus Master Vito Lombardi brings superstar Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where Choreographer Lucia Real after El Camborio Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet she is giving her much-anticipated debut in one of Giuseppe of the Arena di Verona Verdi’s most popular operas, Il Trovatore. Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore is said to be one of Verdi’s musical Leonora Anna Netrebko Manrico Yusif Eyvazov masterpieces full of emotions and expressive melodies, the Count di Luna Luca Salsi paragon of Italian romantic opera but also a formidable challenge Azucena Dolora Zajick for the singers. The stellar cast of this production meets all expec- Ferrando Riccardo Fassi tations. Next to Anna Netrebko as Leonora perform Verdi accom- Ines Elisabetta Zizzo Ruiz Carlo Bosi plished baritone Luca Salsi as Count di Luna and Yusif Eyvazov An Old Gypsy Dario Giorgelè returns to the Arena as his powerful-voiced opponent Manrico. A Messenger Antonello Ceron MET star Dolora Zajick as Azucena and young rising Italian bass

Video Director Tiziano Mancini Riccardo Fassi as Ferrando join the prestigious ensemble. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena of Verona on this operatic highlight, an “exceptional night” (Klassikinfo.de).

Length: approx. 150' Cat. no. A 000 50067

A production of UNITEL, ZDF/3sat in co-production with Fondazione Arena di Verona in cooperation with Bel Air Media and france télévisions

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