| Description |
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, PCM stereo, 4:3 picture format. |
| Note |
Opera. |
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Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano ; based on El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. |
| Performer |
Eva Marton (Leonora) ; Dolora Zajick (Azucena) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Manrico) ; Sherrill Milnes (Il Conte di Luna) ; Jaffrey Wells (Ferrando) ; Loretta di Franco (Ines) ; Mark Baker (Ruiz) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. |
| Event |
Produced October 15th, 1988 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast by PBS on December 21, 1988 in the Live from the Met series. |
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Synopsis in English by Roger Parker with French and German translations (23 p. : ill. ;19 cm.) laid in container. |
| Summary |
Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war agaist the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks he's the son of the gypsy woman who raised him & whose mother was killed by the Count, but he's actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry between the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs. |
| Credits |
Camera, William Akerlund ... [et al.]. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian with Italian, English, German, French or Chinese subtitles; DVD menu in English and Chinese. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist.
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Melano, Fabrizio. Production personnel.
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Large, Brian. Director.
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Marton, Eva. voc
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Zajick, Dolora. voc
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Pavarotti, Luciano. voc
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Milnes, Sherrill. voc
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Wells, Jeffrey. voc
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Di Franco, Loretta. voc
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Baker, Mark (Tenor) voc
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Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Trovatore.
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García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884.
Trovador.
Bibliographic antecedent.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Production personnel. Performer.
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Metropolitan Opera Television (Firm) Producer.
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm) Publisher.
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| Added Title |
Live from the Met.
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| Standard No. |
044007300299 |
| Music No. |
440 073 002-9 Deutsche Grammophon |
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