Opera Profile: Verdi’s Ever-Melodic ‘Il Trovatore’
A successful performance of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” is relatively easy, according to Enrico Caruso. All that is needed are the four greatest singers in the world. And Caruso was not really joking as that is exactly what the second installment of Verdi’s middle-period trilogy truly requires. “Il Trovatore” first premiered on Jan. 19, 1853 and has been a major operatic {…}