With a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the novel El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez, “Il Trovatore” is an opera in four acts that, together with “Rigoletto” and “La Traviatta”, makes up the so-called “Verdian trilogy”, formed by the operas Verdi's most popular works, written one after the other.

Lasting approximately 150 minutes, from a melodic point of view and musical and dramatic propulsion, “Il Trovatore” is the most beautiful and exciting opera by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). 

With him, he brings an extraordinary cast, for four triumphant performances of the opera whose plot is a complicated story about a troubadour who was raised by gypsies.

In Biscay, Spain, some soldiers talk about the story of a gypsy, condemned to death at the stake for witchcraft, unjustly accused of making one of the count's sons ill.

Before he died he ordered his daughter to avenge her, and she then kidnapped one of the count's sons.

The bones of a baby were found in the pile of ashes, but the count refused to believe that it was his kidnapped son.

The first presentation in Portugal of the story of the gypsy Azucena who, driven mad by the death of her mother, ordered to burn for witchcraft, throws her own son into the fire, takes place on:

October 13th, at the Casino Estoril | Estoril
October 15th, at the Coliseu dos Recreios | Lisbon