Il Trovatore
(Lyric Opera of Queensland)

Lyric Opera of Queensland (now Opera Queensland) production of Il Trovatore with music by Giuseppe Verdi and lyrics by Salvadore Cammarano, at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Brisbane in September 1982.

Directed by Anthony Besch; Designed by John Stoddart; Conducted by Thomas Schubach; Lyric Opera of Queensland Consulting Director: Antony Jeffrey; Stage Managed by Toby Simkin and Speciality Wardrobe Decoration by Beverley Anne Jansen.

STARRING Rita Hunter (Leonora), John Shaw (Count di Luna) and Margreta Elkins (Azucena).

Two enemies, passionate and vengeful; an old gypsy woman with a mysterious bond to them both, and a passionate young woman who must either betray an all-consuming love or face death itself – these are the fiery elements that govern Giuseppe Verdi’s unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, madness and retribution.

Il Trovatore

I was lucky to repeat this thanks to lovely Rita (and her daughter Mairwyn) for insisting as a contractual consideration that I go down to Sydney to Deputy Stage Manage this again for her Sydney Opera House engagement.

Soprano Rita Hunter singing the aria “D’amor sull‘ali rosee”, from the Italian opera Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi.

British soprano, Rita Hunter (Leonora) & Australian baritone, John Shaw (Count di Luna)
Act 4 of Verdi’s Il Trovatore in duet “Mira, d’acerbe lagrime”
conducted by Thomas Schubach.
(September 1982 Lyric Opera of Queensland)

1. Il Trovatore (1982 Lyric Opera of Qld) - Rita Hunter & John Shaw duet [Live]

NOTE: Sadly, long lost is the program, posters and show details which were destroyed in my NY office during 9/11. If you have something, anything from this show, images, press clippings, text or memories, please contact me.

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