Feb 5, 2018
By Barry Bassis NEW YORK—Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) originally thought of calling his 1853 opera “The Gypsy,” but instead kept the title of the play on which it was based, “Il Trovatore” (“The Troubadour”). While the troubadour is the romantic hero of the work, it is the gypsy Azucena, in her obsessive quest for vengeance, who pushes […]