El trovador

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El trovador is a highly successful Spanish Romantic drama written by Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez in 1836. The play, translated as "The Troubadour," became the most popular drama of its time in Spain. Its enduring fame is largely due to its adaptation into the Italian opera Il trovatore by composer Giuseppe Verdi, which premiered in 1853. Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez, the playwright, had a varied life, briefly studying medicine before enlisting in the army and traveling extensively. He later held various governmental positions, dying while serving as the director of the Museum of Archaeology.1

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Based on the 1836 play El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez, the opera is one of three considered to represent the culmination of Verdi’s artistry to that point. (The other two are Rigoletto and La traviata.)
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