IL TROVATORE - 2022/09/10
I'm back from seeing Il trovatore live and WOWWWWWW!!!!
I'm so happy rn it was sooooo good!!!! The cast was literally amazing!
Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Azucena was completely insane and feral in the best way. Her voice held so much emotion and you could hear how haunted she was
Luc Robert made Manrico his normal himbo self and he had a lot of passion in his singing. His scenes with Azucena were wonderful
Nicole Car was such a lovely Leonora and she put so much emotion in her voice 🥹 She got the biggest applause for "D'amor sull'ali rosee" and it was very much deserved
And then Étienne Depuis, our mohawk Rodrigo himself, was just perfect oh my GOD - his voice resonated so much!! He doesn't have a very Verdi baritone voice, but it sounded so smooth and romantic it only made you like the Count more
Production wise it was pretty standard, but the moon projected in the background was very pretty and gave a nice feel to it
Funnily enough tho, this production was way more Leonora/di Luna than Leonora/Manrico (probably because Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis are married... I mean... The chemistry was so obvious that even my friends pointed it out, their interactions felt a lot more natural, and they kissed twice (in the beginning when Leonora mistakes him for Manrico, and after the duet in act IV) while Manrico and Leonora were almost always awkwardly socially distanced except for one hand kiss after "Ah si ben mio")
Also, let me just say.... Il balen del suo sorriso... live... oh my GOD aAAH i tell you i SWOONED it was so beautiful and Étienne Dupuis's voice resonated so well... 10/10 Hearing it live is a whole other experience
The chorus was also very good and the orchestra too. The pacing was right and the intensity was there
All in all, I'm literally so happy I got to see this live and I'm just amazed at how good it was!!!!! I have enough serotonin to last me for a good while <3
