Il Trovatore duet (Azucena, Manrico) G.Verdi
Franco Tenelli and Natalia Volchenko sing duet from Verdi's "Il Trovatore"
Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio GarcÃa Gutiérrez. First performance: Teatro Apollo, Rome, January 19, 1853. A staple in the standard operatic repertoire, Il Trovatore is, according to Opera America, the seventeenth most performed opera in North America. In 1857 Verdi revised the opera for Paris as Le Trouvère and added a ballet.
Act II
Scene 1:
Camp of the Gypsies. The Gypsies sing the famous "Anvil Chorus". Manrico at the bedside of his mother, Azucena (Chorus: "Vedi le fosche notturne."), the daughter of the Gypsy burnt by the count. She is old, but still nurses her vengeance. (Aria: "Stride la vampa") The Gypsies break up camp while Azucena confesses to Manrico that after stealing him she had intended to burn the count's little son, but had thrown her own child into the flames instead. Manrico realises that he is not the son of Azucena, but loves her as if she were indeed his mother, as she has always been faithful and loving to him. (Duet: Mal reggendo) A messenger arrives and reports that Leonora, who believes Manrico dead, is about to take the veil. Manrico rushes away to prevent her from following out this purpose.
Length: 185
Rating: 4.50 (23 ratings)
Tags: trovatore verdi azucena manrico natalia volchenko franco tenelli duet
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