Opera

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

30 Nov, 15 - 29 Dec, 15

Musical conductor: Jordi Bernàcer (Dic. 26)

Musical conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Stage Director: David McVicar

Wielding power against the defenceless is a recurring theme in world literature. Victor Hugo addresses the theme in Le Roi s'amuse in such a way that it was banned for half a century. Verdi, after spending two years immersed in Parisian culture, took a risk with the première of this tragedy full of contrasts, performed at La Fenice in 1851. The character of Rigoletto, Verdi himself said, seems worthy of Shakespeare. Verdi portrays the hunchback jester as a character combining hatred for corruption with love for his sick daughter, who falls victim to all the plots planned by the jester himself. With this work, the composer began a new period in his conception of musical drama, with freer operatic forms. The elegant staging by David McVicar manages to recreate the oppressive atmosphere of the court and delves into the ambivalence of the main character, who is monstrous on the outside and fragile on the inside, showing the depth of abasement a human can sink to through fear.

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"Rigoletto"

An opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Le Roi s'amuse (1832) by Victor Hugo

First performed in the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, on 11 March 1851
First performed at the Teatro Real in Madrid on 18 October 1853

Production by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London

Artistic information

Artistic team

Musical conductor Jordi Bernàcer (Dic. 26)

Musical conductor Nicola Luisotti

Stage Director David McVicar

Escenografía Michael Vale

Figurines Tanya McCallin

Iluminación Paule Constable

Coreografía Leah Hausman

Chorus Conductor Andrés Máspero

Cast

Duke of Mantua Stephen Costello

Duke of Mantua Francesco Demuro

Duke of Mantua Piero Pretti

Duke of Mantua Ho-Yoon Chung

Rigoletto Juan Jesús Rodríguez

Rigoletto Luca Salsi

Rigoletto Leo Nucci

Gilda Olga Peretyatko

Gilda

Sparafucile Andrea Mastroni

Maddalena Justina Gringyte

Maddalena Barbara di Castri

Count Monterone Fernando Radó

Marullo Àlex Sanmartí

Matteo Borsa Gerardo López

Count Ceprano Tomeu Bibiloni

Countess Ceprano Nuria García Arrés

Giovanna María José Suárez

A Page Mercedes Arcuri

Releases

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27 June

2015

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02 July

2015

Tickets on sale

07 July

2015

Performances

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30 November 2015

22:00

Main Auditorium

Stephen Costello, Leo Nucci, Olga Peretyatko, Andrea Mastroni, Justina Gringyte, Fernando Radó, Àlex Sanmartí, Gerardo López, Tomeu Bibiloni, Nuria García Arrés, María José Suárez, Mercedes Arcuri

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Opera

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

30 Nov, 15 - 29 Dec, 15

Artistic information

Artistic team

Cast

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Performances

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Rigoletto (Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 1983)

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