An Introduction to Verdi: Il Trovatore by Thomson Smillie

An Introduction to Verdi: Il Trovatore

Opera Explained

Thomson Smillie with David Timson (Narrator), Giuseppe Verdi

1 hour, 19 minutes first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction music
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Il trovatore has been ruthlessly parodied. It is a tale of murder and mayhem, burned babies, roasted hags, would-be nuns, strolling minstrels and bad baritones. And indeed the libretto does call for a willing suspension of disbelief. The reward is...

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