Il trovatore

Item

Record ID

1081

Identifier

90704

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Il trovatore

Uniform Title

Trovatore

Program/Series Title

Opera at the Ballpark (Earlier title: Take me out to the opera)

Composer

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Text Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 (libretto)

Production Year

2009

Transmission/Release Date

9/19/09

Transmission/Release Year

2009

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