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Il Trovatore

Verdi at first named his opera La Zingara after the vengeful gypsy Azucena, played in Geneva by mezzo-soprano Irina Mishura.

Grand Theatre of Geneva

October 24, 2009, 1:00 pm

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Evelino Pido

This perplexingly beautiful drama serves up so many of Verdi's finest tunes that it's hard to keep track of them. The Geneva production features Irina Mishura in one of her signature roles as Azucena, one of the darkest and most fascinating of all Verdi's characters.

Cast: Tatiana Serjan (Leonora); Irina Mishura (Azucena); Zoran Todorovich (Manrico); George Petean (Count Luna); Burak Bilgili (Ferrando)

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