Boulder Opera: Il Trovatore

"This emotional melodrama is set in 16th century Spain and has it all: witchcraft, murder, love and vengeance. The jealous Count di Luna is obsessed with Leonora, a young noblewoman in the queen’s service, who does not return his love. She loves the troubadour Manrico, leader of the partisan rebel forces. A bohemian woman and Manrico’s mother, Azucena, seeks revenge for the murder of her mother by di Luna’s father. All of the confluent story lines culminate in a tragedy not to be missed! Conducted by Maestro Jorge Salazar and directed by Gene Roberts, Boulder Opera’s production of Il Trovatore will star Soprano Michelle Diggs-Thompson as Leonora and favorite local tenor Nathan Snyder as Manrico. Performed in Italian with English supertitles."