Il trovatore 1962 LIVE La Scala AUDIO+PHOTO Franco Corelli Bastianini Stella Cossotto Gavazzeni +SUB

Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala on 7 December 1962. The 250+ photos illustrating the performance are the work of Scala&in-house photographer, Erio Piccagliani. (Some were taken during rehearsals, so the costumes/hair are different here and there.) Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore Teatro alla Scala, December 7, 1962 Manrico, troubadour and chieftain under the Prince of Biscay - Franco Corelli (tenor) Count di Luna, a young noble of Aragon - Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon - Antonietta Stella (soprano) Azucena, a Biscayan gypsy woman - Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano) Ferrando, the Count’s captain of the guard - Ivo Vinco (bass) Ines, Leonora’s companion - Mirella Fiorentini (soprano) Ruiz, a soldier in Manrico’s service - Piero de Palma (tenor) An old gypsy - Virgilio Carbonari (bass) A messenger - Franco Ricciardi (tenor) Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni Chorus master: Norberto Mola Stage director: Giorgio De Lullo Sets and costume designs: Pier Luigi Pizzi Director of scenography: Nicola Benois Photos by Erio Piccagliani Il trovatore (&Troubadour&is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. The premiere took place at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 19 January 1853. Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain) Time: Fifteenth century (Wikipedia) Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Act 1 - All&all&(Ferrando...