Verdi - Il Trovatore / Cura, Hovorostovsky, Villarroel, Naef, Rizzi, Covent Garden;

José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Verónica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera, in Elijah Moshinsky's new Royal Opera House production co-produced with Teatro Real Madrid, with sets by the noted film designer Dante Ferretti and costumes by Anne Tilby.

Sung in Italian, with English subtitles

EXTRAS:

Meet the cast and their characters
Designing Il Trovatore behind-the-scenes with the director and the costume and set designers
All about Schläger -preparations for the fight scenes

Manrico: José Cura
Count di Luna: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Leonora: Verónica Villarroel
Azucena: Yvonne Naef
Ferrando: Tómas Tómasson
Ines: Gweneth-Ann Jeffers
Old gypsy: Thomas Barnard
Messenger: Douglas Telfer
Ruiz: Edgaras Montvidas
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Sets: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Anne Tilby