Name: Rigoletto
Start: 2013-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Diana Damrau

Gilda

Lisette Oropesa

Contralto

Oksana Volkova

Maddalena

Nancy Fabiola Herrera

Tenor

Piotr Beczała

The Duke of Mantua

Vittorio Grigolo

Baritone

Željko Lučić

Rigoletto

George Gagnidze

Bass

Stefan Kocan

Sparafucile

Enrico Giuseppe Iori

Mezzo-soprano

Emalie Savoy

The Countess of Ceprano

Wallis Giunta

Maria Zifchak

Giovanna

Theodora Hanslowe

Robert Pomakov

The Count of Monterone

Alexander Lewis

Matteo Borsa

Jeff Mattsey

Marullo

David Crawford

The Count of Ceprano

Conductor

Michele Mariotti

Marco Armiliato

Stage director

Michael Mayer

Set designer

Christine Jones

Costume designer

Susan Hilferty

Lighting designer

Kevin Adams

Choreographer

Steven Hoggett

The Metropolitan Opera

Italian

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. Piotr Beczała is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Željko Lučić sings Rigoletto, his sidekick and comedian, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter, Gilda. When she is seduced by the Duke, Rigoletto sets out on a tragic course of murderous revenge. Štefan Kocán is the assassin Sparafucile and Michele Mariotti conducts.

English

German

Spanish

Approved

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