Il trovatore FULL 1962 LIVE La Scala AUDIO+PHOTOS Corelli Bastianini Stella Cossotto Gavazzeni +SUB

A tribute to Ettore Bastianini on his 100th birthday. Also in remembrance of Antonietta Stella who left us in February 2022. 🇬🇧 With English subtitles and the 🇮🇹 original Italian text on screen. ℹ️ Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala on 7 December 1962. The 250 photos illustrating the performance are the work of Scala’s in-house photographer, Erio Piccagliani. (Some were taken during rehearsals, so the costumes/hair are different here and there.) Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore Teatro alla Scala, December 7, 1962 Manrico, troubadour and chieftain under the Prince of Biscay - Franco Corelli (tenor) Count di Luna, a young noble of Aragon - Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon - Antonietta Stella (soprano) Azucena, a Biscayan gypsy woman - Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano) Ferrando, the Count’s captain of the guard - Ivo Vinco (bass) Ines, Leonora’s companion - Mirella Fiorentini