Name: Rigoletto
Start: 2025-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

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Staatsoper Hamburg

Stage director

Andreas Homoki

Set designer

Wolfgang Gussmann

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Manfred Voss

Conductor

Henrik Nánási

Chorus master

Christian Günther

Singer

Tenor

Piero Pretti

The Duke of Mantua

Baritone

Amartuvshin Enkhbat

Rigoletto

Soprano

Katharina Konradi

Gilda

Grzegorz Pelutis

The Count of Monterone

Bass

Keith Klein

The Count of Ceprano

Mezzo-soprano

Aebh Kelly

The Countess of Ceprano

David Minseok Kang

Marullo

Aaron Godfrey-Mayes

Matteo Borsa

Hubert Kowalczyk

Sparafucile

Contralto

Katja Pieweck

Maddalena

Jana Kurucová

Giovanna

A page

William Desbiens

A court usher

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Italian

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

Rahul Solomon

German

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

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Makeup artist

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Photographer

Poet

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Stage Manager

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Translator

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Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Der bucklige Hofnarr Rigoletto, nie um einen Scherz auf Kosten anderer verlegen, steht in den Diensten des Herzogs von Mantua. Sein einziges Lebensglück ist seine Tochter Gilda. Als Rigoletto miterleben muss, wie sie den berechnenden Liebesschwüren des skrupellosen Herzogs erliegt, sinnt er auf Rache: Der Auftragsmörder Sparafucile soll den Verführer töten. Doch Gilda opfert sich für ihren Geliebten. Rigoletto wird gewahr, dass er seine Tochter in den Tod getrieben und sein eigenes Leben zerstört hat.

Seit Rigoletto 1851 in Venedig zum ersten Mal die Opernbühne betrat, bewegt sein Schicksal das Publikum der Opernhäuser. Giuseppe Verdi indes brachte das Stück mit seinen bis heute allgegenwärtigen Melodien Weltruhm - ein Stück ganz ohne Helden: Und so reiht sich Rigoletto, Zyniker und liebeskranker Vater, auch in die breite Riege der Figuren Verdis ein, die am Rande der Gesellschaft stehen und die zuvor keine Stimme in der Opernkunst hatten.

Deutsch

Never one to miss an opportunity to make fun of others, the hunchback jester Rigoletto is employed by the Duke of Mantua. His only joy in life is his daughter Gilda. When Rigoletto must witness how she falls for the calculated vows of love of the unscrupulous Duke, he is out for revenge: he hires the contract killer Sparafucile to murder the seducer. Gilda, however, sacrifices herself for her lover. Rigoletto realises that he has driven his daughter to death and destroyed his own life.
Ever since the figure of Rigoletto walked onstage for the first time in Venice in 1851, his fate has moved audiences at opera houses everywhere. Giuseppe Verdi achieved world fame with the opera and its ubiquitous melodies – although it is a piece without heroes: thus Rigoletto, that cynical and lovesick father, joined the broad ranks of Verdi figures who are social outcasts and previously never had a voice in the history of opera.

Rigoletto by Verdi, Sat 15 Mar 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Andreas Homoki,, Conductor Henrik Nánási, Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany

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