An afternoon at the opera
Il trovatore may be famous for its melodramatic plot and unlikely mistaken identities, but surely even Verdi and Cammarano couldn’t have imagined the chaos of a performance featuring two Manricos and two Leonoras.
13 pieces since 2009 — in 10 roles, at 4 companies, most often at LA Opera.
2 pieces as Manrico — stats above show all coverage for Arturo Chacon-Cruz.
View allIl trovatore may be famous for its melodramatic plot and unlikely mistaken identities, but surely even Verdi and Cammarano couldn’t have imagined the chaos of a performance featuring two Manricos and two Leonoras.
Power struggles, prejudice, feuds and revenge abound in San Francisco at the moment.
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