Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in this production of Verdi's opera starring Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo. 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.
Anna Netrebko
as Leonora
Marina Prudenskaja
as Azucena
Gaston Rivero
as Manrico
Plácido Domingo
as Il conte di Luna
Florian Hoffmann
as Ruiz
Anna Lapkovskaya
as Ines
Adrian Sâmpetrean
as Ferrando
Daniel Barenboim
as Self - Conductor
