Belk Theater : Il Trovatore 10/15 to 10/23 BELK THEATER
Il Trovatore
Presented By: Opera Carolina
Saturday October 15, 2011 thru Sunday October 23, 2011
Show Description
Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore
In Italian with English subtitles
Based on the Spanish drama, El Trovador by Antonio
Garcia Gutierrez Production Presenting Sponsor:
The Hearst Corporation
On opposite sides of a political conflict, and
rivaling for the affections of the same woman,
the Count di Luna and the troubadour Manrico
have no idea they are brothers. Lady Leonora
is the woman of their dreams but another would
be the sibyl of their inescapable nightmare --
Azucena: a gypsy woman whose mother, at the
behest of di Luna’s father, was burned at the
stake for practicing witchcraft. Bent on revenge
she stole the count’s younger brother at birth
and raised him as her son. Little does the
impassioned and honorable Manrico know that
he will be the chief agent in a vow of vengeance
that will destroy everything he holds dear. This is a tale where sweet romance is devoured by a force far more rapturous. This time it is the bitter promise that rests beneath every tongue, lingers on every lip.
The Belk Theater is the largest venue in the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, seating 2100 at its full-capacity configuration. It features state--theartequipment, production and support capabilities and can host any event - from grand opera to rock to corporate annual meetings and lectures. The theater is designed in a contemporary European horseshoe arrangement for an intimate atmosphere and world-class acoustics.
The most distant seat is less than 135 feet from the stage.
A hallmark of the theater's design is some 2,400 "points of light" in the audience chamber, part of a dazzling fiber optic network with multi-color capabilities.
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