Il Trovatore
Characters of the Opera, With the Original Cast as Presented at the First Performance
| Leonora | Penco |
| Azucena | Goggi |
| Inez | Quadri |
| Manrico | Baucardé |
| Count di Luna | Guicciardi |
| Ferrando | Balderi |
| Ruiz | Bazzoli |
| An old gipsy. | |
| Messenger, jailer, soldiers, nuns, gipsies, and attendants. |
The story belongs to the fifteenth century in Spain, and tells of the border wars of northern Spain, carried on in the provinces of Arragon and Biscay.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi.
Author: Cammarano.
First sung in Rome, Teatro Apollo, January, 19, 1853; Paris, Théâtre des Italiens, December 23, 1854 (in Italian); at the Opéra, January 12, 1857 (in French); London, Covent Garden, May 17, 1855; New York, Academy of Music, April 30, 1855.