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Catalog  Il Trovatore thumbnail image  Il Trovatore (Mar. 17,
1973)  Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Librettist: Salvadore Cammarano
Cillario; Caballé, Cossotto, Domingo, Merrill, Vinco
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus  Approximate running
time: 2 hrs. 8 min.  One of Verdi’s most popular operas receives
a blazingly dramatic performance by a sensational cast:
Montserrat Caballé is Leonora, the young noblewoman caught
between two feuding archenemies: her beloved, the troubadour and
rebel leader Manrico (Plácido Domingo), and the aristocratic,
villainous Count di Luna (Robert Merrill). Fiorenza Cossotto is
Azucena, the passionate gypsy whose actions, years before, set
the dramatic events in motion.