COVER -- IL TROVATORE (by Giuseppe Verdi) -- Story Synopsis -- Principal Characters in the Opera -- Story Narrative with Music Highlights -- ACT I - Scene 1: "The Duel." Midnight at the Palace of Aliaferia in Aragon, Spain. -- ACT I - Scene 2: A terrace of the palace. -- ACT II - Scene 1: "The Gypsy Mother." Several months later. A gypsy camp in the mountains of Biscay. -- ACT II - Scene 2: The Cloister of the Convent at Castellor. -- ACT III - Scene 1: "The Gypsy Woman's Son." -- ACT III - Scene 2: In Castellor -- ACT IV - Scene 1: "The Torture." Outside the prison of Aliaferia. -- ACT IV - Scene 2: Inside the tower -- Verdi and Il Trovatore: Commentary and Analysis.