West Bay Opera opens their season with Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore (The Troubadour). First staged in 1853 to wide acclaim, the work has remained an operatic standard ever since. The plot is a notoriously convoluted affair; in fact, it might be more accurate to say "plots"--as three distinct but intertwined sub-plots run throughout. There's a love triangle, a rebellion, a gypsy curse, revenge, execution, poisoning, serenading, you name it, it's got it. Tying it all together though is Verdi's unrelentingly beautiful score, which was written at what is now considered his artistic peak. (Stephen Layton)
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West Bay Opera opens their season with Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore (The Troubadour). First staged in 1853 to wide acclaim, the work has remained an operatic standard ever since. The plot is a notoriously convoluted affair; in fact, it might be more accurate to say "plots"--as three distinct but intertwined sub-plots run throughout. There's a love triangle, a rebellion, a gypsy curse, revenge, execution, poisoning, serenading, you name it, it's got it. Tying it all together though is Verdi's unrelentingly beautiful score, which was written at what is now considered his artistic peak. (Stephen Layton)
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