Rigoletto

Opera or Operetta :: show/work:S2071, production/tour:T01196578975

Archive Listings

10 Jul 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L342092259, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V831	Grand Theatre Swansea Glamorgan
2 Jul 02 to 5 Jul 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L1337600080, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V895	Theatre Royal Plymouth Devon
25 Jun 02 to 28 Jun 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L732242176, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V774	Mayflower Theatre Southampton Hampshire
18 Jun 02 to 22 Jun 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L677200096, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V802	New Theatre (formerly known as Apollo Theatre) Oxford Oxfordshire
11 Jun 02 to 14 Jun 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L230910072, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V848	Venue Cymru (formally - North Wales Theatre) Llandudno Gwynedd
8 Jun 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L0715466385, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V148	Symphony Hall Birmingham West Midlands
28 May 02 to 1 Jun 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L1503934810, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V856	Hippodrome Bristol City of Bristol
3 May 02 to 23 May 02	Rigoletto Opera or Operetta :: listing:L873176660, production:T01196578975, show:S2071, venue: V823	New Theatre Cardiff Glamorgan

Details

Rigoletto, the hunchbacked court jester wants revenge. His beloved daughter, Gilda, has been abducted and seduced by the Duke and he hires a hit-man to assassinate him. Tragedy prevails in Verdi's masterpiece of love, lust and betrayal. Based on Hugo's Le roi s'amuse. First performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851 New Production set in the White House during the Kennedy era. An exciting new look at this well-known opera. . Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 minutes.

Performers Joseph Calleja (to Jun 14), Carlo Scibelli (from Jun 18), Vassily Gerello (Rigoletto), alan Fairs (Monterone), Iain Paterson (Sparafucile), Natalie Christie (Gilda), Anna Burford (Maddalena). Music Verdi. Lyrics Francesco Maria Piave. Book by Victor Hugo. Company Welsh National Opera. Conductor Patrick Summers (to Jun 22). Conductor Simon Phillippo (from Jun 25). Producer James Macdonald. Design Robert Innes Hopkins. Lighting Paule Constable.