Plot Summary
Act I. Scene 1:The followers of the Count di Luna hear how his baby brother was stolen by a gypsy after her mother had been burned at the stake; a baby's bones were later found in the ashes.
Act I. Scene 2:
Di Luna and Manrico pay court by night to Leonora. Hearing Manrico's serenade, she rushes
into the arms of the Count. Manrico and the Count duel.
Act II. Scene 1:
Azucena recalls the burning of her mother as a witch, and how to avenge her she stole
the Count's son, then threw her own baby in the fire.
Act II. Scene 2:
Leonora prepares to enter a convent. Di Luna and Manrico both intervene; Manrico
prevails.
Act III. Scene 1
Azucena is captured by di Luna's forces and recognized.
Act III. Scene 2:
Manrico's marriage to Leonora is interrupted by news of his mother's capture.
Act IV. Scene 1:
Leonora plans to save the captive Manrico by giving herself to di Luna. She takes poison.
Act IV. Scene 2:
Leonora dies. Di Luna has Manrico beheaded. Azucena tells him that Manrico was his brother.