Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore, as seen by American director Robert Wilson, will open Teatro Comunale di Bologna‘s Season 2019 on January 22 (live broadcast on Radio3 Rai).

Israeli conductor Pinchas Steinberg will lead TCBO Orchestra and Choir.

The cast includes tenor Riccardo Massi as Manrico, Chinese soprano Guanqun Yu as Leonora, baritone Dario Solari as Count of Luna, mezzo Nino Surguladze as Azucena, Marco Spotti (Ferrando), Tonia Langella (Ines), Cristiano Olivieri (Ruiz) and Nicolò Donini (an old gypsy).

Repeat performances on January 23, 24, 26, 27 and 29.