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

💖 Help us bring Corelli’s art to new generations of opera-lovers by supporting the Franco Corelli Info Center: 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 (soprano) Ruiz, a soldier in Manrico’s service - Piero de Palma (tenor) An old gypsy - Virgilio Carbonari (bass) A messenger - Franco Ricciardi (tenor) Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni Chorus master: Norberto Mola Stage director: Giorgio De Lullo Sets and costume designs: Pier Luigi Pizzi Director of scenography: Nicola Benois Photos by Erio Piccagliani 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. The premiere took place at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 19 January 1853. Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain) Time: Fifteenth century (Wikipedia) Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Act 1 - All’erta, all’erta! (Ferrando, Coro) 03:05 Di due figli vivea padre beato (Ferrando, Coro) 07:44 E il padre? (Ferrando, Coro) 11:20 Che più t’arresti (Ines, Leonora) 13:06 Tacea la notte placida (Leonora) 17:26 Di tale amore (Leonora) 19:58 Tace la notte! (Conte) 21:16 Deserto sulla terra (Manrico) 22:42 Non m’inganno (Conte, Leonora, Manrico) 24:42 Di geloso amor sprezzato (Conte, Manrico, Leonora) 27:31 Act 2 - Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie (Coro) 30:38 Stride la vampa (Azucena) 35:28 Soli or siamo (Manrico, Azucena) 36:23 Condotta ell’era in ceppi (Azucena, Manrico) 41:43 Non son tuo figlio (Manrico, Azucena) 43:51 Mal reggendo all’aspro assalto (Manrico, Azucena) 47:00 L’usato messo Ruiz invia (Manrico, Azucena) 48:15 Perigliarti ancor languente (Azucena, Manrico) 51:01 Tutto è deserto (Conte, Ferrando) 52:11 Il balen del suo sorriso (Conte) 55:35 Qual suono!...Per me ora fatale (Conte, Coro 58:23 Ah! se l’error t’ingombra (Coro) 01:00:55 Perché piangete (Leonora) 01:02:43 E deggio e posso crederlo (Leonora, Conte, Manrico, Coro) 01:07:23 Act 3 - Or co’dadi (Coro, Ferrando) 01:11:50 In braccio al mio rival (Conte) 01:14:05 Giorni poveri (Azucena, Conte, Ferrando, Coro) 01:17:07 Deh! rallentate, o barbari (Azucena, Conte, Coro) 01:19:30 Quale d’armi fragor (Leonora, Manrico) 01:21:25 Ah sì, ben mio (Manrico) 01:24:28 L’onda de’suoni mistici (Leonora, Manrico) 01:26:42 Di quella pira (Manrico, Coro) 01:29:51 Act 4 - Siam giunti, ecco la torre (Ruiz, Leonora) 01:31:50 D’amor sull’ali rosee (Leonora) 01:35:35 Miserere (Coro, Leonora, Manrico) 01:40:35 Udiste (Conte, Leonora) 01:42:22 Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (Leonora, Conte) 01:44:36 Conte! Ne cessi? (Leonora, Conte) 01:49:15 Madre, non dormi? (Manrico, Azucena) 01:52:44 Se m’ami ancor (Manrico, Azucena) 01:55:03 Ai nostri monti (Azucena, Manrico) 01:57:22 Ciel! Non m’inganno! (Manrico, Leonora) 01:58:35 Parlar non vuoi (Manrico, Leonora, Azucena) 02:02:49 Prima che d’altri vivere (Leonora, Manrico, Conte, Auzcena) #francocorelli #ettorebastianini #verdi #antoniettastella #fiorenzacossotto #trovatore #iltrovatore #ilsupremo #lascala #opera #ilsupremo _________________________________________________________________ This channel serves non-profit, educational purposes only and is an extension of the Facebook group of the same name, where we share original articles, interviews, useful and informative documents, links, resources about Franco Corelli’s life, art, career, discography, technique, etc. 💖 You can support the Franco Corelli Info Center’s mission here: 💛 Monthly memberships for regular donors (with “Thank you“ rewards): ℹ Find out all about Corelli in the Franco Corelli Info Center: Link collection: Facebook group: Facebook page: Instagram: My other channel: @giovannismansion