PROMO RIGOLETTO 2009
Datos

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Rigoletto (2009)

Giuseppe Verdi
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Opera
2h 8m
Italian
SD
Spanish
Production

Rigoletto (1851) begins Verdi's journey towards his own conception of a musical drama. It is surprising for its dynamism and consistency, limiting the contemplative moments and merging them with the action, while generally respecting the usual formal conventions of Italian opera, and also for the role taken on by the orchestra as a constant dramatic support.

 

Piave's libretto is based on Victor Hugo's Le Roi s'amuse, suitably retouched to circumvent Austrian censorship, and the plot centres on the curse that the Count of Monterone places on Rigoletto, the Duke of Mantua's jester, for mocking his dishonour. This curse, whose musical motif opens and ends the play, will be for the jester the seed of his disgrace: his daughter Gilda will be seduced by the Duke, kidnapped by the courtiers and will die a victim of his own thirst for revenge.

 

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Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

New production of the Teatro Real, in coproduction with the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, based on the original production of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam

Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

 

Artistic team


Conductor | Roberto Abbado

Chorus master | Peter Burian

Stage director | Monique Wagemakers

Set designer | Michael Levine

Costume designer | Sandy Powell

Choreographer | Liesbeth Kruyt

Lighting designer | Reinier Tweebeeke

 

Cast


The Duke of Mantua | Roberto Aronica

Rigoletto | Zeljko Lucic

Gilda | Mariola Cantarero

Sparafucile | Stefano Palatchi

Maddalena | Enkelejda Shkosa

Giovanna | Mercè Obiol

The Count of Monterone | Luciano Montanaro

Marullo | David Rubiera

Matteo Borsa | Ángel Rodríguez

The Count of Ceprano | Tomeu Bibiloni

The Countess | Marta Ubieta

A Duchess' Page | Graciela Armendáriz

A Duchess' Page | Rosa María Caballero

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