Il Trovatore Verdi English Subtitles Misha Didyk French Italian Subs

Описание: Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi with a very odd setting. At first I thought it was going to be like the reading of a play that mimics real life, but that is not what is going on here. I can't really explain the setting. It's like something that has happened in the past and for some reason they are going over it like it's a play with written lines. It really seems dumb to me, but I like the singing. The setting whittles the characters down to only the main five, so it calls for the comprimario lines to be sung by the wrong characters, which is kind of annoying. The Ukrainian tenor, Misha Didyk has a great sound, sort of like a Ukrainian Franco Corelli. No high note on the Pira, so don't hope for that. The French mezzo, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo is very good. Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya has probably had the biggest career of the bunch, and although she does some beautiful singing, in the last act she resorts to pianissimo for dramatic effect a few times that did quite the opposite - I couldn't hear her at all. Still, for the most part, she is enjoyable. Giovanni Furlanetto, (brother of Ferrucio), is fine. At first I was unsure about American baritone Scott Hendricks, but he is quite good. All the singers have very satisfying vocal agility. This is all just my humble opinion. Feel free to leave yours in the comments. Again, don't berate me for the setting. I am only endorsing the singing. :) The music begins at 6:38.

Theatre Royal de la Monnaie Konoklijke Muntschouwburg
The Belgian Royal Opera
Brussels, Belgium

Manrico: Misha Didyk
Leonora: Marina Poplavskaya
Azucena: Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
Il Conte di Luna: Scott Hendricks
Ferrando: Giovanni Furlanetto

Conductor: Marc Minkowski
2012