VERDI: IL TROVATORE
One of the quintessential tragedies in Italian opera with one classic "hit" after another, Verdi's score leaves us on the edge of our seats through every dramatic twist and turn. Trovatore famously features one of the most powerful quartet of roles in all of opera: Leonora, the noble lady-in-waiting; her beloved Manrico, the titular troubadour; his rival in love and war, Count di Luna; and Azucena, the woman with a dark secret and obsession for vengeance, which drives the story to its shocking conclusion.
Running time: 2 hours & 45 minutes
(1) 20 minute Intermission
SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
PERFORMANCE DATES:
NO LONGER ON SALE
VENUE:
Lambert Hall
MEET THE CAST
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Dane Suarez, tenor
MANRICO
Emerald Cast (Sunday 11/14 and Friday 11/19)
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Brian Vu, tenor
MANRICO
Ruby Cast (Saturday 11/13 and Sunday 11/21)
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Natalie Polito, soprano
LEONORA
Emerald Cast (Sunday 11/14 and Friday 11/19)
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Chabrelle D Williams, soprano
LEONORA
Ruby Cast (Saturday 11/13 and Sunday 11/21)
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Anne Maguire, mezzo-soprano
AZUCENA
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Nathan Matticks, baritone
COUNT DI LUNA
PRODUCTION TEAM
Artistic Director: Eiki Isomura
Stage Director & Projections Designer: Cara Consilvio
Repetiteurs: Laura Bleakley, Milena Glicic, Keith Weber
Production Technical Director: Edgar Guajardo
Stage Manager & Lightboard Operator: Morgan Brochu
Scenic Designer and Painter: Torsten Louis
Costume Designer: Kristie Chiyere Osi Shackelford
Lighting Designer & Head Carpenter: Edgar Guajardo
Carpenters, Scenic Artists: John Halliburton, Dean Snider
Props Master: Dashiell Waterbury
Costumes Assistant: Freddy Reymundo
Graphic Illustrations: Gracie Padron
Program Design: Daniel Taylor
ORCHESTRA
FLUTE/PICCOLO Wendy Isaac Bergin
OBOE I Season Summers
CLARINET I Maiko Sasaki
CLARINET II Julian Hernandez
BASSOON James Roberson
HORN I Chris Shelburne
HORN II Gavin Reed, Emily Nagel
TRUMPET George Chase
BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman
TIMPANI Sandra Ceronsky
PERCUSSION Andrew Keller
HARP Emily Klein
ORGAN Laura Bleakley
VIOLIN I Dominika Dancewicz (concertmaster), McKenna Jordan, Jane Kimmes, Christine Elston
VIOLIN II Zachary Montasser, Jolene Armstrong
VIOLA Sophie Parker, Sarah Perkins, Jackson Guillen CELLO Scott Card, Patrick Moore
BASS Stephen Martin
CHORUS
Jarrell Comeaux
Dashiell John Waterbury
Julie Allison
Errin Hatter
Sarah Ann Chaudhary
Dejaih Smith
essica Kadmon
Patricia Bernstein
Martin Wolff
Michael Leone
Lan O.Moore
Zachary Newman
“If you think the art of opera is dying, I turn your attention to Opera in the Heights and its splendid production of Verdi's propulsive warhorse Il Trovatore…”
— D.L. Groover, Houston Press
