The troubadour Manrico and Count di Luna are bitter enemies. But in a twist of fate, they're both in love with Leonora — and they're brothers without knowing it.
Emotions boil in an action-packed story that includes babies switched at birth, kidnapping, mistaken identity, poisoning, civil strife, witches burned at the stake, and a noblewoman who offers herself to a man she hates, to save the man she loves.
High drama and some of the most famous music Giuseppe Verdi ever composed — including the "Anvil Chorus." Listen to the Lyric Opera of Chicago's IL TROVATORE on Saturday, May 30, 1 to 4 pm on WRTI.
CAST:
Ferrando: Andrea Silvestrelli
Inez: J’nai Bridges
Leonora: Amber Wagner
Count Di Luna: Quinn Kelsey
Manrico: Yonghoon Lee
Azucena: Stephanie Blythe
An Old Gypsy: Kenneth Nichols
A Messenger: Timothy Bradley
Ruiz: Jonathan Johnson
CONDUCTOR: Asher Fisch
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Michael Black