Anvil Chorus performed in the Emmy Award winning series, Met Live in HD, of Verdi's Il Trovatore.
Cast (as on IMDB):
Marcelo Álvarez (as Manrico)
Sondra Radvanovsky (as Leonora)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (as Conte di Luna)
Dolora Zajick (as Azucena)
Stefan Kocán (as Ferrando)
Maria Zifchak (as Ines)
Eduardo Valdes (as Ruiz)
James Levine (as Himself - Conductor)
Travis Wojcik (Anvil)
Raymond Aparentado (as Messenger)
Robert Maher (as Gypsy)
Michael Kaup (as Fighter)
Among limited offerings, the Metropolitan Opera's The Met: Live in HD has its most successful showing of the season as Verdi's Il Trovatore grossed an estimated $2.5 million from 870 screens domestically.
(Hollywood Reporter, May 1st 2011)
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