Il Trovator Metropolitan Opera Broadcast At Town Hall Theater May 10

David McVicar's production of Verdi's Il Trovatore will be shown at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater on May 10, starring Marcelo Álvarez, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. At the podium will be Met legend James Levine.

McVicar's production of Il Trovatore, which is notoriously difficult to stage due to its complex plot, won critical acclaim for its straightforward emotional power when it debuted at the Met in 2009 with Álvarez in the title role. The New York Times applauded McVicar's "clear-headed, psychologically insightful and fluid staging" of a work that has long daunted opera directors.

This staging of Il Trovatore is visually inspired by Francisco Goya's series of prints entitled "The Disasters of War."

The production will be transmitted to more than 1,500 movie theaters in more than 40 countries around the world as part of the Met's rapidly expanding Live in HD series.

Il Trovatore will be shown at Town Hall Theater on Tuesday, May 10, at 7 pm. Tickets are $22, and may be purchased at www.townhalltheater.org, 802 382-9222, at the THT Box Office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) and at the door, if available.

PHOTO CAPTION: Verdi's Il Trovatore will be shown at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater on Tuesday, May 10. Tickets: www.townhalltheater.org, 802 382-9222, at the THT Box Office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) and at the door.

 

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