Rigoletto

Rigoletto (2024)

Music

To elevate a jester to a tragic stature comparable to a Macbeth or a Lear is no easy feat. The dramatic essence of Shakespeare runs in the veins of this Rigoletto, although the story is based on the controversial Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. While the play was prohibited in France for more than fifty years, Verdi himself fought with the censors who initially prevented the publication of his opera. Multi-faceted, perhaps more than any other opera by Verdi - tender, cruel, interspersed with remarkable strokes of black humour -, Rigoletto is also a heart-wrenching study about the love between a parent and a child. Given the helplessness of a woman in the face of a group of men, Teatro Real’s production, which is directed by Miguel del Arco, also considers society's concept of masculinity. Nicola Luisotti conducts some of the great voices of our day, including Javier Camarena, Ludovic Tézier, Marina Viotti and Adela Zaharia.

Director: Miguel del Arco

Casts

	Javier Camarena as Duke of Mantua
	Ludovic Tézier as Rigoletto
	Adela Zaharia as Gilda
	Peixin Chen as Sparafucile
	Marina Viotti as Maddalena
	Cassandre Berthon as Giovanna
	Jordan Shanahan as Count Monterone
	César San Martín as Marullo
	Fabián Lara as Matteo Borsa
	Tomeu Bibiloni as Count Ceprano
	Sandra Pastrana as Countess Ceprano
	Nicola Luisotti as Conductor

Crew