Name: Rigoletto
Start: 2025-06-12
End: 2025-06-12
Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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LA Opera

Houston Grand Opera

The Dallas Opera

The Atlanta Opera

Conductor

James Conlon

Stage director

Tomer Zvulun

Set designer

Erhard Rom

Costume designer

Jessica Jahn

Chorus master

Jeremy Frank

Lighting designer

Robert Wierzel

Singer

Baritone

Quinn Kelsey

Rigoletto

Soprano

Rosa Feola

Gilda

Tenor

René Barbera

The Duke of Mantua

Bass

Peixin Chen

Sparafucile

Contralto

Sarah Saturnino

Maddalena

Italian

Philadelphia

United States

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Public

Private

Saurav Kumar

English

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Rigoletto: Rigoletto Verdi

In a court ruled by decadence and corruption, the Duke of Mantua sits on top. Whatever he wants, he gets. And lately, he’s set his sights on Rigoletto’s daug...

In a court ruled by decadence and corruption, the Duke of Mantua sits on top. Whatever he wants, he gets. And lately, he’s set his sights on Rigoletto’s daughter. It’s enough to send the carefree court jester into a deadly rage, but revenge comes at a price he never expected.

Verdi master James Conlon conducts Rigoletto, featuring some of the most famous music in history. Quinn Kelsey, the premier Verdi baritone of his generation, returns to star in the title role, with tenor René Barbera as the suave and sadistic Duke and Italian soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda, his unsuspecting prey. Stage director Tomer Zvulun updates the action to Mussolini’s Italy, transporting audiences to a realm of glittering grandeur that’s absolutely rotten to the core.

Rigoletto by Verdi, Thu 12 Jun 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Tomer Zvulun,, Conductor James Conlon, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Philadelphia, United States

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