This listing is for Verdi, Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti, Sutherland, Horne, Wixell, Ghiaurov – Il Trovatore 2xCassette Box Set OSA5-13124.
Label: London Records – OSA5-13124
Format: 2 x Cassette, Dolby, Box Set, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1977
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera
Comes with a 56 page Liberetto
Recorded in 1976 in Studio
Tracklist:
Act 1
A All' Erta! All' Erta!
Act 2
B1 Vedi! Le Forsche Notturne Spoglie
B2 Tutto E Deserto
Act 3
C1 Or Co Dadi
C2 Ballet (Beginning)
C3 Ballet (Concluded)
C4 In Braccio Al Mio Rival
C5 Quale D'armi Fragor Poc' Anzi Intesi?
Act 4
D1 Siam Giunti: Ecco La Torre
D2 Udiste? Come Albeggi
Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
Baritone Vocals – Ingvar Wixell
Bass Vocals – Nicolai Ghiaurov
Choir – London Opera Chorus
Chorus Master – Terry Edwards
Concertmaster (Leader) – Sidney Sax
Conductor – Richard Bonynge
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Marilyn Horne
Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Joan Sutherland, Norma Burrowes
Tenor Vocals – Graham Clark, Luciano Pavarotti
Il trovatore ('The 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. It was García Gutiérrez's most successful play, one which Verdi scholar Julian Budden describes as "a high flown, sprawling melodrama flamboyantly defiant of the Aristotelian unities, packed with all manner of fantastic and bizarre incident." The premiere took place at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 19 January 1853, where it "began a victorious march throughout the operatic world", a success due to Verdi's work over the previous three years. It began with his January 1850 approach to Cammarano with the idea of Il trovatore. There followed, slowly and with interruptions, the preparation of the libretto, first by Cammarano until his death in mid-1852 and then with the young librettist Leone Emanuele Bardare, which gave the composer the opportunity to propose significant revisions, which were accomplished under his direction. These revisions are seen largely in the expansion of the role of Leonora. For Verdi, the three years were filled with musical activity; work on this opera did not proceed while the composer wrote and premiered Rigoletto in Venice in March 1851. His personal affairs also limited his professional work. In May 1851, an additional commission was offered by the Venice company after Rigoletto's success there. Another commission came from Paris while he was visiting that city from late 1851 to March 1852. Before the libretto for Il trovatore was completed, before it was scored, and before it premiered, Verdi had four operatic projects in various stages of development. Today, Il trovatore is performed frequently and is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire.
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