ACT I. Scene 1: Ballroom of the Duke's Palace At his palace, the Duke of Mantua light-heartedly boasts to his courtiers of amorous conquests, escorting Countess Ceprano, his latest prize, to a private ...

Verdi’s Rigoletto has been an operatic staple right from its 1851 premiere. Offering star roles for an agile soprano with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Now well into their third decade, Elijah Moshinsky’s productions of Verdi’s great middle period works Rigoletto and La Traviata have ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What endures best in this 1991 production is Michael Yeargan's design, modelled around the visual contrasts, the decadence, squalor, ...

Rigoletto. The very name of the main character makes many audience members at the Santa Fe Opera sigh with sympathy for the tragic fate of the court jester in the mid-nineteenth-century masterpiece ...

In 1851, depicting the ruling class as so loathsome and superficial meant Verdi struggled to persuade both Italian and imperial censors to allow Rigoletto to go ahead. In 2024 the challenge is much ...

Few operas can boast the rich array of great tunes that pack the score of “Rigoletto,” making it a perennial favorite onstage. In Seattle Opera’s current production, you can feel the frisson that goes ...

Act One begins in the palace of the Duke of Mantua, where the Duke himself is holding court. He's a self-obsessed cad, notorious for his indiscreet love life. We also meet the Duke's acid-tongued ...

These days it is obligatory to update the action of classic operas, or at least transfer them to a different locale from that of the original. In the case of Verdi’s 1851 revenge tragedy Rigoletto, a ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Benjamin Bernheim filled the auditorium with a sound that was powerful, beautiful and intelligent. By Oussama Zahr It’s always a curious ...