Il trovatore
Item
Record ID
1081
Identifier
90704
Genre
Work Title
Il trovatore
Uniform Title
Trovatore
Program/Series Title
Opera at the Ballpark (Earlier title: Take me out to the opera)
Composer
Text Author
Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 (libretto)
Production Year
2009
Transmission/Release Date
9/19/09
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
Closed circuit (simulcast) transmission to AT&T Ballpark
Conductor/Music Director
Luisotti, Nicola
Orchestra
San Francisco Opera
Chorus/Choir
San Francisco Opera
Soloists
Marco Berti (Manrico) ; Sondra Radvanovsky (Leonora) ; Stephanie Blythe (Azucena) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Count di Luna) ; Burak Bilgili (Ferrando) ; Renee Tatum (Inez) ; Andrew Bidlack (Ruiz) ; Dale Tracy (Messenger) ; Bojan Knezevic (Gypsy)
Participants
Hosts from KDFC radio
TV/Film Director
Zamacona, Frank
Stage Director
Sutcliffe, Walter (revival director)
Sets
Edwards, Charles
Costumes
Reiffenstuel, Brigette
Technical Information
Live 1920 x 1080 HD digital transmission from War Memorial Opera House using robotic cameras.
Other Information
23,000 viewed Il trovatore on a giant (103') screen in AT&T Ballpark. Earlier productions in the Opera at the Ballpark series: Tosca (2009-06-05), Lucia di Lammermoor (2008-06-20) and Samson and Delilah (2007-09-28). Prior to the first Opera at the Ballpark production in 2007, San Francisco Opera transmitted live performances of Don Giovanni (2007-06-22), Rigoletto (2006-10-06), and Madama Butterfly (2006-05-27) to various California locations including UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stamford, Santa Rosa, and San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza.
Duration
ca. 160'
Company
San Francisco Opera
Sourcemat
DLCAT-204