“Il trovatore”

Roles Count di Luna, a nobleman in the service of the Prince of Aragon - baritone Manrico, a troubadour and officer in the army of the Prince of Urgel - tenor Azucena, a gypsy, supposedly Manrico's mother - mezzo-soprano Leonora, noble lady, in love with Manrico and courted by Di Luna - soprano Ferrando, Luna's officer - bass Ines, Leonora's confidante - soprano Ruiz, Manrico's henchman - tenor An old gypsy - bass A messenger - tenor Leonora's friends, nuns, the Count's lackeys, warriors, Gypsies Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain) Time: Fifteenth century.