The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto (2022)
One of opera’s grimmest tragedies received a powerful new production during the 2021–22 season when director Bartlett Sher unveiled his Weimar-era staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In this performance, recorded as part of the company’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, commanding American baritone Quinn Kelsey gives a searing portrayal of the title character, a deformed court jester determined to protect the virtue of his daughter, Gilda, sung by radiant soprano Rosa Feola. His debauched employer, the Duke of Mantua, is tenor Piotr Beczała, with dynamic young maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium to lead a cast that also features bass Andrea Mastroni as the assassin Sparafucile and mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan as Maddalena.
Director: Gary Halvorson
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Rosa Feola as Gilda |
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Piotr Beczała as The Duke |
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Quinn Kelsey as Rigoletto |
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Craig Colclough as Monterone |
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Andrea Mastroni as Sparafucile |
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Varduhi Abrahamyan as Maddalena |
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Scott Scully as Borsa |
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Sylvia D'Eramo as Countess Ceprano |
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Jeongcheol Cha as Marullo |
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Christopher Job as Count Ceprano |
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Eve Gigliotti as Giovanna |
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Catherine Mieun Choi-Steckmeyer as A Page |
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Yohan Yi as A Guard |
| Sound | Daniele Rustioni | Conductor |
| Art | Bartlett Sher | Production Design |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Music Score Producer |
| Art | Michael Yeargan | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Zuber | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Donald Holder | Lighting Design |
| Sound | David Frost | Music Producer |
| Production | Mia Bongiovanni | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Production | Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Writing | Matt Dobkin | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Merrin Lazyan | Creative Producer |
| Crew | Isabel Leonard | Presenter |
| Directing | Gary Halvorson | Director |