Opera as opera should be: a virtuoso and moving total spectacle full of heartbreak, revenge and deceit.

Verdi's opera Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) is one of the great classics within the operatic oeuvre. Odessa Opera of Ukraine performs Giuseppe Verdi's opera in four acts, with 120 soloists, choristers and orchestral musicians on stage. So, including the world-famous gypsy choir.

Il Trovatore is a drama full of suspense, love, revenge, deceit and death in which two men compete for the same woman. The story revolves around the troubadour Manrico and the count Luna, who are both in love with the beautiful Leonora. A dark secret connects Manrico and Luna, but only at the very end does Manrico's supposed mother, the gypsy Azucena, reveal what it is. The outcome is tragic.

Il trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, on an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the tragedy El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez.

Large-scale production (soloists, orchestra and choir) with 120 collaborators.
In tight direction by Thilo Reinhardt and stylish design by Karel Spanhak.
Musical direction: Igor Chernetski
Costumes: Ulli Kremer
Lighting design: Paul van Laak

Spoken and sung in Italian with Dutch subtitles.
The performance lasts two and a half hours including two intermissions.