A personal vendetta. A doomed love triangle. One gypsy’s lifelong desire for revenge is the backdrop for Giuseppe Verdi’s dramatic love story, Il trovatore. Based on the play El Trovador (The Troubadour) by Spanish playwright Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez, this powerful melodrama set in 15th-century Spain has it all: vengeance, war, jealousy, and passion with an emotional, heart-stopping score including one of the most famous choral melodies ever written, the “Anvil Chorus.”