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Opera in three acts (1951), Music Giuseppe Verdi, Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo "Le Roi s’amuse"
Between the frivolous, licentious Duke, and Gilda, a victim of the ignorance which holds her captive, stands the double-faceted character of the hunchback, both buffoon and curseobsessed father. Monstrous and heartrending, grotesque and sublime, the title role reaches its apogee in the aria “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”, whose descending movement, from the explosion of rage to the moment of entreaty, confirms the composer’s ability to adapt a form inherited from bel canto to theatrical realism. Under the baton of Nicola Luisotti, this new production of Rigoletto marks director Claus Guth’s first collaboration with the Paris Opera.
Il Duca di Mantova : Michael Fabiano | Rigoletto : Quinn Kelsey | Gilda : Olga Peretyatko | Sparafucile : Rafal Siwek | Maddalena : Vesselina Kasarova | Giovanna : Isabelle Druet | Il Conte di Monterone : Mikhail Kolelishvili | Marullo : Michal Partyka | Metteo Borsa : Christophe Berry | Il Conte di Ceprano : Tiago Matos | La contessa : Andreea Soare | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor : Nicola Luisotti | Stage Director : Claus Guth | Lighting design : Olaf Winter | Set design : Christian Schmidt | Costume design : Christian Schmidt | Choreography : Teresa Rotemberg | Dramaturgy : Konrad Kuhn | Video : Andi A. Muller | Chorus master : José Luis Basso
Italian
English, French
Production compagny : François Roussillon & associés
Coproduction compagny : Opéra national de Paris, France Télévisions
Running Time : 1x125'
Production Year : 2016
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : HDCAM