Opera in four acts on a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, after Antonio García Gutiérrez’s Il trovador  The astounding success of the opera The Troubadour (,,Il trovatore”) at the time of its 19 January 1853 premiere enabled it to be later placed within the "popular trilogy", next to other two of Verdi’s masterpieces – Rigoletto and Traviata. The body of the composer’s dramatic works already included patriotic topics or subjects borrowed ...