Il trovatore

Opera in 4 acts
Music by
Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by
Leone Emanuele Bardare
Salvatore Cammarano
Language
Italian
Premiere
1853
Roles
  • Count di Luna, a nobleman in the service of the Prince of Aragon
    Baritone
    • Lyrischer Bariton
    • Kavalierbariton
  • Manrico, a troubadour and officer in the army of the Prince of Urgel
    Tenor
    • Jugendlicher Heldentenor
  • Azucena, a gypsy, supposedly Manrico's mother
    Alto/Mezzo-Soprano
    • Dramatischer Alt
    • Dramatischer Mezzosopran
  • Leonora, noble lady, in love with Manrico and courted by Di Luna
    Soprano
    • Dramatischer Koloratursopran
    • Jugendlich-Dramatischer Sopran
  • Ferrando, Luna's officer
    Bass
    • Charakterbass
    • Seriöser Bass
  • Ines, Leonora's confidante
    Soprano
    • Ruiz, Manrico's henchman
      Tenor
      • Tenorbuffo
    • An old gypsy
      Bass
      • A messenger
        Tenor