Il Trovatore

Rival brothers, a lady to conquer, a daughter avenging her mother: welcome to the medieval, Spanish and thrilling intrigue of the Trovatore , a work which established Verdi as national composer of romantic Italy, in 1853. This work stands out as the second part of Verdi's popular trilogy, which began with Rigoletto and ended with La Traviata . The composer, accustomed to literary inspirations, here relied on a play by the Spanish playwright Anton...