Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos : Made available through hoopla, 2003
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 19 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781843793199 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11137458, 1843793199 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11137458
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by David Timson ; with the music of Verdi
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 in the music, a score as prodigally melodic as only the mature Verdi could write: the 'Anvil' Chorus, the 'Miserere' scene, two great tenor arias, a beautiful baritone aria - a richness without embarrassment
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