GIUSEPPE VERDI IL TROVATORE FRANCESCO MELI ANNA NETREBKO PLÁCIDO DOMINGO WIENER PHILHARMONIKER CONDUCTED BY DANIELE GATTI STAGED BY ALVIS HERMANIS GIUSEPPE VERDI “Anna Netrebko – better than Maria Callas” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) – Since IL TROVATORE her sensational success in “La Traviata” the soprano Anna Netrebko, now even more popular than ever before, returns regularly to the great festival hall at the Salzburg Festival. This time she shines as Leonora in Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker opera “Il Trovatore” at the side of Placido Domingo and the critics go wild: “A Conductor Daniele Gatti triumph” writes the New York Times, while the Neue Zürcher Zeitung speaks of Chorus Konzertvereinigung “truly divine sounds”. Wiener Staatsopernchor Chorus Master Ernst Raffelsberger Francesco Meli as the troubadour Manrico whom Leonora loves is brilliant at Stage Director Alvis Hermanis her side: “He sings clearly and elegantly and has such vocal presence” (Der Standard). The Tagesspiegel is wowed by the enduring stage presence of Plácido Manrico Francesco Meli Domingo as his rival, Count Luna: it “never fails to amaze people when they Leonora Anna Netrebko experience Plácido Domingo live, with his stage presence, the way he takes it Il Conte di Luna Plácido Domingo all in his stride, how he now sings baritone parts without sounding different.” Azucena Marie-Nicole Lemieux The strong cast is complemented by Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who as the gypsy Ferrando Riccardo Zanellato Azucena provides spine-chilling and dramatic moments. The “most hotly Ines Diana Haller anticipated spectacle of the Salzburg Festival” (Corriere della Sera) exceeds all Ruiz/ Un messo Gérard Schneider expectations by a mile. Un vecchio zingaro Raimundas Juzuitis Alvis Hermanis staged the plot that revolves round two rival brothers who love the same woman and only learn they are related at the moment of her Video Director Agnes Méth death, using sets that “in their opulent adherence to detail and fantastically illuminated atmosphere (…) offer much more Length: 154' than just a decorative sight for sore eyes“ Shot in HDTV 1080/50i (Salzburger Nachrichten). Cat. no. A04050025 On the rostrum of the Vienna Philharmonic A co-production of ORF, is none other than Daniele Gatti, who UNITEL CLASSICA and ZDF/Arte elicits undreamt-of cascades of sound in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival from the orchestra: “employing the most and the Wiener Philharmoniker fabulous colours, which the Vienna Phil savour in virtually impressionist manner, diligently and tenderly heeding every characteristic and every chord with skill” (Salzburger Nachrichten). World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © ORF/Roman Zach-Kiesling, Karl Forster · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: Forster · Karl Zach-Kiesling, contractual ORF/Roman Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitelclassica.com.