Il trovatore /
Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war against the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks that he is the son of the gypsy woman who raised him and whose mother was killed by the Count, but he is actually the Count's brot...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Italian |
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Hamburg : New York :
Deutsche Grammophon ; Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records,
[1990]
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| Summary: | Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war against the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks that he is the son of the gypsy woman who raised him and whose mother was killed by the Count, but he is actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry betweem the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs. |
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| Item Description: | Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Videodisc release of the Metropolitan Opera production, produced atthe Metropolitan Opera House, New York, October 1988. Program notes in English by Roger Parker, and in French by Luigi Bellingardi, and synopsis (9 pages : ill.) laid in container. "072 513-1." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in. |
| Format: | Extended play CLV. |
| Production Credits: | Conductor, James Levine ; video director, Brian Large. |