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Il Trovatore - Metropolitan Opera

2015 · 159 min

A grand, brooding night at the opera, all soaring voices and tragic passion staged with dark, painterly intensity.

Overview
Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the Gypsy troubadour. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna, Yonghoon Lee is Manrico in his Met role debut as the title character, Dolora Zajick sings her signature role of the gypsy Azucena, and Štefan Kocán is Ferrando. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism4
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
music
Directed by
David McVicar, Gary Halvorson
Written by
Leone Emanuele Bardare, Salvadore Cammarano
Starring
Anna Netrebko, Yonghoon Lee, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dolora Zajick, Štefan Kocán, Maria Zifchak, Edward Albert, David Lowe
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Runtime
159 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian

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