tt0253843. Il Trovatore (1985) Verona. Verdi / Italian.
Reynald Giovaninetti conducts the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona in a performance of Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'. The international cast includes Giorgio Zancanaro and Rosalind Plowright. The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy, but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover - the troubadour, Manrico. Manrico and the Count duel, and afterwards Manrico reveals to Azucena, the woman he believes to be his mother, that when he had the opportunity to kill the Count he felt something holding him back.
Rosalind Plowright
as Leonora
Fiorenza Cossotto
as Azucena
Franco Bonisolli
as Manrico
Giorgio Zancanaro
as Il conte di Luna
Bruno Grella
as Gipsy
Giuliana Matteini
as Ines
Paolo Washington
as Ferrando
Gian Paolo Corradi
as Ruiz
