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Il Trovatore
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, October 20, 1965
Il Trovatore (346)
Giuseppe Verdi | Salvatore Cammarano
- Manrico
- Flaviano Lab?
- Leonora
- Gabriella Tucci
- Count Di Luna
- Robert Merrill
- Azucena
- Irene Dalis
- Ferrando
- John Macurdy
- Ines
- Shirley Love
- Ruiz
- Charles Anthony
- Messenger
- Hal Roberts
- Gypsy
- Luis Forero
- Conductor
- Georges Pr?tre
- Director
- Herbert Graf
- Designer
- Motley
- Stage Director
- Bodo Igesz
Il Trovatore received sixteen performances this season.
Review 1:
Review of Irving Kolodin in the November 6, 1965 issue of the Saturday
Georges Pr?tre's area of advantage to the Metropolitan broadened a bit with his first venture as the conductor of a Verdi opera in New York. To be sure, there was some resistance in the work itself, for "Il Trovatore" can hardly be included in the category of a "conductor's opera." But there were indications even so that such acts of conscience as precise rhythms, a pattern of dynamics reasonably close to those prescribed by the composer, and a relationship among the orchestral sections that did not settle for the commonest kind of "big guitar" effect could yield benefits in a score as much played, if not necessarily well played, as this one.
At this first performance, Pr?tre had his greatest success in animating those parts of the score that took in the ensemble rather than the principals. The first scene was particularly well done, thanks to an excellent effort by John Macurdy as Ferrando, the attention the chorus paid to its director, and a general sense of purpose that prevailed. This was present, too, in the Anvil Chorus. However, when Pr?tre had Robert Merrill to deal with as di Luna, or Flaviano Lab? alone or in duet with his "mother" Irene Dalis (as Azucena) the amount of influence he could exert tended to diminish. The Leonora was Gabriella Tucci, whose manner is more than a mite placid for this kind of role.
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- Georges Pr?tre [Conductor]
- Flaviano Lab? [Manrico]
- Gabriella Tucci [Leonora]
- Robert Merrill [Count Di Luna]
- Irene Dalis [Azucena]
- John Macurdy [Ferrando]
- Shirley Love [Ines]
- Charles Anthony [Ruiz]
- Hal Roberts [Messenger]
- Luis Forero [Gypsy]
- Herbert Graf [Director]
- Motley [Designer]
- Bodo Igesz [Stage Director]