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  • Lyric roles (such as Papageno in The Magic Flute) contrast with more dramatic assignments (Count of Luna in Il trovatore); some roles – including Wotan in Wagner's Ring – are well suited to the in-between voice of bass-baritones.

    Who's who: the different voices in opera 2011

  • Are you planning on taking advantage of it for salome/fille du regiment/trovatore 2nd cast/...

    Il Trittico at the San Francisco Opera sfmike 2009

  • On opening night (Il trovatore) it poured — but nobody seemed to mind much.

    Liz suggests 2008

  • On opening night (Il trovatore) it poured — but nobody seemed to mind much.

    Liz suggests 2008

  • Il trovatore has three or four big moments, and - beyond that - I am not all that hyped-up over it.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • Il trovatore has three or four big moments, and - beyond that - I am not all that hyped-up over it.

    I like Aida Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • "Read the love song you found on this trovatore when you seized him."

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • What a staid, stately show this is, stuffed with expensively puffed period costumes by Jenny Tiramani and directed by David McVicar, whose last staging for the Met was the more electric "Il trovatore."

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901 Rigoletto, together with Il trovatore and La traviata, laid the foundations for Verdi's worldwide renown; the latter two operas were composed shortly after Rigoletto.

    Opera Today gary@operatoday.com 2010

  • Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901 Rigoletto, together with Il trovatore and La traviata, laid the foundations for Verdi's worldwide renown; the latter two operas were composed shortly after Rigoletto.

    Opera Today gary@operatoday.com 2010

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