Giuseppe Verdi’s heart-wrenching opera Rigoletto is staged in Miguel del Arco’s bold production at the Teatro Real, offering a disheartening and raw portrait of today’s society. The stellar cast features Ludovic Tézier as the depraved and tormented Rigoletto, Javier Camarena as the dissolute Duke of Mantua, and Adela Zaharia as the transformative Gilda.
Based on Victor Hugo’s powerful play Le Roi s’amuse, this relentless drama centres on the curse that the Count of Monterone casts upon Rigoletto for mocking his daughter’s dishonour. This premonition becomes the jester’s torment and the prelude to his downfall when his daughter, whom he keeps isolated and protects, is seduced and abducted by his master, the Duke of Mantua. An unmissable opera featuring musical highlights such as ‘Caro nome’ and ‘La donna é mobile’.
Melodramma in three acts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the theatre play Le roi s’amuse (1832) by Victor Hugo
Premiered at Teatro La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851
Premiered at the Teatro Real on October 18, 1853
New production of Teatro Real, in coproduction with ABAO Bilbao Ópera and Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville
Artistic team
Conductor | Nicola Luisotti
Stage director | Miguel del Arco
Set designer | Sven Jonke (Numen/For Use) + Ivana Jonke
Costumes designer | Ana Garay
Lighting designer | Juan Gómez-Cornejo
Choreographer | Luz Arcas
Chorus master | José Luis Basso
Cast
Duca di Mantua | Javier Camarena
Rigoletto | Ludovic Tézier
Gilda | Adela Zaharia
Sparafucile | Peixin Chen
Maddalena | Marina Viotti
Giovanna | Cassandre Berthon
Count Monterone | Jordan Shanahan
Marullo | César San Martín
Matteo Borsa | Fabián Lara
Count Ceprano | Tomeu Bibiloni
Countess Ceprano | Sandra Pastrana
A page | Inés Ballesteros
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
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