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.
Daniele Gatti
as Conductor
Francesco Meli
as Manrico
Anna Netrebko
as Leonora
Plácido Domingo
as Il Conte di Luna
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
as Azucena
Riccardo Zanellato
as Ferrando
Diana Haller
as Ines
Gérard Schneider
as Ruiz/Un messo
Raimundas Juzuitis
as Un vecchio zingaro
Wiener Philharmoniker
as
