Rigoletto et Hugo : double bill à l'Opéra de Lyon

By Irma Foletti, 19 March 2022

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“l'imagination déborde dans cette histoire parallèle, rendant la double intrigue difficile à suivre”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 18 March 2022

Verdi, Rigoletto

Opéra de Lyon

Daniele Rustioni, Conductor

Axel Ranisch, Director

Falko Herold, Set Designer, Video

Alfred Mayerhofer, Costume Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon

Nina Minasyan, Gilda

Agata Schmidt, Maddalena

Enea Scala, The Duke of Mantua

Dalibor Jenis, Rigoletto

Gianluca Buratto, Sparafucile

Grégoire Mour, Borsa

Daniele Terenzi, Marullo

Roman Chabaranok, Monterone

Dumitru Mădăraşăn, Count Ceprano

Heiko Pinkowski, Actor

Benedict Kearns, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Irma Foletti

Italienne, géomètre de formation, Irma s’est soudainement prise de passion pour l’opéra il y a bientôt 35 ans... en même temps que son mari François, la flamme étant allumée alors par un certain Luciano Pavarotti ! Installée depuis 15 ans dans le Sud de la France, elle fréquente très assidument les théâtres et festivals de cette région, et se déplace aussi en France, Europe, Amérique. Ses goûts musicaux sont assez larges, avec tout de même deux chouchous : Rossini et Meyerbeer.