Visit opera Bastille from April 09 to May 30, 2016, and be among those who will be present at the new show of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto.
This powerful three-act melodrama is written in Italian by the Italian librettist Francesco Maria Piave. It is in fact an adaptation from Victor Hugo’s play The King Amuses Himself, a play that was heavily censored by the Austrian government at that time, because of its strong criticism of King Francis I of France.
Despite all the controversy, Rigoletto had its world premiere on March 11, 1851, at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy, after changing the names of the characters from King François 1er, Triboulet, Blanche, M de Saint Vallier, Saltabadil, Maguelonne to the Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto, Gilda, Count Monterone, Sparafucile, and Maddalena.
This new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto is a collaboration between the music conductors Nicola Luisotti and Pier Giorgio Morandi (from 14 to 30 May), as well as the renowned director Claus Guth.
The cast is as follows:
Role | Voice type | Cast | |
Rigoletto | Baritone | Quinn Kelsey | April 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26 |
May 2, 5, 10, 16, 24 | |||
Franco Vassallo | April 20, 28 | ||
May 7, 14, 21, 27, 30 | |||
Gilda | Soprano | Olga Peretyatkoavril | April 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26 |
May 2, 5, 10, 16, 24 | |||
Irina Lungu | April 20, 28 | ||
May 7, 14, 21, 27, 30 | |||
Duke of Mantua | Tenor | Michael Fabiano | April 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26 |
May 2, 5 | |||
Francesco Demuro | April 20, 28 | ||
May 7, 10, 14, 16, 21, 24, 27, 30 | |||
Sparafucile | Bass |
Rafal Siwek
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April 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26 |
May 2, 5, 10, 16, 24 | |||
Andrea Mastroni | April 20, 28 | ||
May 7, 14, 21, 27, 30 | |||
Maddalena | Mezzo-soprano | Vesselina Kasarova | |
Giovanna | Mezzo-soprano | Isabelle Druet | |
Count Ceprano | Baritone | Tiago Matos | |
Countess Ceprano | Soprano | Andreea Soare | |
Matteo Borsa | Tenor | Christophe Berry | |
Count Monterone | Bass | Mikhail Kolelishvili | |
Marullo | Baritone | Michal Partyka | |
A Court Usher | Bass | Florent Mbia | |
A Page | Soprano | Adriana Gonzalez |
This show of Rigoletto is going to be recorded for TV. Don’t miss it!
Have a nice stay at Hotel Louvre Marsollier Paris!