Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto at Hungarian State Opera

Zita Szemere (Gilda) and Attila Mókus (Rigoletto)

Rigoletto, opening scene

Zita Szemere (Gilda) and Barna Bartos (Duke of Mantua)

Attila Mókus (Rigoletto) and ensemble

Von George Jahn, 13 Juli 2024

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“vocal signposts in Rigoletto’s descent into the hell of his own making”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest, am 12 Juli 2024

Verdi, Rigoletto

Hungarian State Opera

István Dénes, Musikalische Leitung

Ádám Cser, Musikalische Leitung

Mária Harangi, Regie

Attila Csikós, Bühnenbild

Rita Velich, Kostüme

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Hungarian State Opera Chorus

Miklós Szinetár, Regie

Alexandru Agache, Rigoletto

Attila Mókus, Rigoletto

Mihály Kálmándy, Rigoletto

Rita Rácz, Gilda

Zita Szemere, Gilda

Laura Topolánszky, Gilda

Andrei Danilov, The Duke of Mantua

Barna Bartos, The Duke of Mantua

Istvan Horvath, The Duke of Mantua

István Rácz, Sparafucile

László Szvétek, Sparafucile

Andrea Szántó, Maddalena

Viktória Mester, Maddalena

Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz, Maddalena

Bernadett Wiedemann, Giovanna

Klára Vincze, Giovanna

Mária Farkasréti, Giovanna

Lajos Geiger, Count Ceprano

Zsuzsanna Kapi, Countess Ceprano

Balázs Papp, Borsa

Botond Pál, Borsa

Tivadar Kiss, Borsa

Géza Gábor, Monterone

Antal Cseh, Marullo

Zoltán Bátki Fazekas, Court Usher

Diána Ivett Kiss, Page

Gábor Csiki, Chorleitung

Jenő Lőcsei, Choreographie

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George Jahn

George Jahn is the former Vienna bureau chief of The Associated Press. During his 35-year career at the global news organization, he covered wars, politics... and opera, reviewing productions at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival and other houses in Austria and Germany. He has also written for Opera Now and International Piano magazines in London. Those he has interviewed include Matthias Goerne, Vesselina Kasarova, Thomas Hampson and Mariss Jansons. George holds or shares awards for his reporting on U.N. affairs and for his coverage of the Bosnian war. A Canadian/Hungarian citizen, he splits his time between residences in Vienna and Budapest.

Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto revived at Hungarian State Opera