Verdi: Il trovatore, Muti/La Scala (2-CD)

Discs: 2
Record Label: Sony
Release Date: January 16, 2012

“Riccardo Muti here presents a thrilling reading filled with a type of energy and remarkably chugging-along rhythm we rarely encounter . . . Muti whips the orchestra into a fantastic frenzy.” — Classics Today

A story of witchcraft, murder and vengeance, Il trovatore is a staple of the Italian opera repertoire, with rousing choruses and arias aplenty. Here, Riccardo Muti leads the forces of the Teatro alla Scala in this haunting tale.

Contents:

Verdi Il trovatore
Salvatore Licitra Manrico
Barbara Frittoli Leonora
Leo Nucci Count di Luna
Violeta Urmana Azucena
Giorgio Giuseppini Ferrando
Ernesto Gavazzi Ruiz
Tiziana Tramonti Ines
Francesco Biasi A Messenger
Ernesto Panariello An Old Gypsy
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Roberto Gabbiani chorus director
December 2000, Teatro alla Scala, Milan