administrator [operas administrator] Sue Shortridge
baritone vocals [count di luna, a young nobleman of aragon] Alan Opie
bass vocals [ferrando, captain of the court's guard] Clive Bayley
booklet editor Finn S. Gundersen
chorus [a gipsy, a messanger, servants and retainers of the court, followers of manrico, soldiers, gipsies, nuns, guards] The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
conductor David Parry
conductor [assistant conductor] Gareth Hancock
conductor [assistant conductor] Nicholas Kok
design David Cassidy
edited by Rachel Smith
engineer [assistant] Richard Smoker
engineer [soind englineer] Ralph Couzens
libretto by Salvatore Cammarano
libretto by [from the dramma el trovador by] Antonio García Gutiérrez
liner notes Alan Blyth
liner notes Nicholas Payne
liner notes [translation] Anne Steeb
liner notes [translation] Bernd Müller
liner notes [translation] Emanuela Guastella
liner notes [translation] Marie-Françoise de Meeûs
liner notes [translation] Nicole Valencia
liner notes [translation] Stephanie Wollny
mezzo-soprano vocals [azucena, a gipsy woman from biscay] Anne Mason
music consultant [coach for azucena] Ian Judge
music consultant [diction coach] Ludmilla Andrew
music consultant [language coach] Charles Kilpatrick
orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
photography by [booklet, p. 135 (alan opie photo)] Robert Carpenter-Turner
photography by [booklet, p. 137 (dennis o'neill photo)] Clive Barda
photography by [booklet, p. 140] Russell Duncan
photography by [booklet, p. 25] Winnie Klotz
photography by [booklet, p. 68] Monica Matthias
photography by [booklet, pp. 48, 49, 88, 89, 124, 125] Richard H. Smith
photography by [front cover, photograph of anne mason / booklet, p. 69] Bill Rafferty
photography by [front cover, photograph of the 11th-century castle loarre in the huesca province of the spanish pyrenees by] John Ferro Sims
producer [recording producer] Brian Couzens
soprano vocals [doña leonora, lady-in-waiting to the princess of aragon] Sharon Sweet
soprano vocals [ines, confidante of leonora] Helen Williams
tenor vocals [manrico (the troubadour), supposed son of azucena, a rebel under prince urgel] Dennis O'Neill
tenor vocals [ruiz, a soldier in manrico's service] Mark Le Brocq
translated by [engish translation by] Tom Hammond
typography [booklet typeset] Dave Partridge
Phonographic Copyright (p) Chandos Records Ltd
Copyright (c) Chandos Records Ltd
Recorded At Blackheath Halls
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC
Il Trovatore (The Troubadour)
Opera in four acts. Sung in English.
Premiere Recording in English.

Recording venue: Blackheath Halls, London; 16-20 December 1999.
24-bit Recordings.
Vincent Woodstock pipe organ supplied by Abinger Organ Hire.
Recording under the sposorship of the Peter Moores Foundation.

(P) 2000 Chandos Records Ltd.
(C) 2000 Chandos Records Ltd.
Printed in the EU.

Cardboard slipcase box contains a fat jewel case and a 140-page booklet in English, German, French & Italian.
Barcode: 0 95115 30362 7
SPARS Code: DDD
Label Code: LC 7038
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0100329521-0102 13 A1 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0100329521-0202 13 A0 (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553 (CD1, CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94U7 (CD1, CD2)
Rights Society: MCPS