Hungarian State Opera: AuditoriumAndrássy út 22, Budapest, Central Hungary, 1061, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Programme
| Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | Rigoletto | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave |
Performers
| Hungarian State Opera | ||
| István Dénes | Conductor | |
| Ádám Cser | Conductor | |
| Mária Harangi | Director | |
| Attila Csikós | Set Designer | |
| Rita Velich | Costume Designer | |
| Hungarian State Opera Orchestra | ||
| Hungarian State Opera Chorus | ||
| Miklós Szinetár | Director | |
| Gábor Csiki | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Jenő Lőcsei | Choreography | |
| Hungarian National Ballet | ||
| Alexandru Agache | Baritone | Rigoletto |
| Attila Mókus | Bass-baritone | Rigoletto |
| Mihály Kálmándy | Baritone | Rigoletto |
| Rita Rácz | Soprano | Gilda |
| Zita Szemere | Soprano | Gilda |
| Laura Topolánszky | Soprano | Gilda |
| Andrei Danilov | Tenor | The Duke of Mantua |
| Barna Bartos | Baritone | The Duke of Mantua |
| Istvan Horvath | Tenor | The Duke of Mantua |
| István Rácz | Bass | Sparafucile |
| László Szvétek | Bass | Sparafucile |
| Andrea Szántó | Mezzo-soprano | Maddalena |
| Viktória Mester | Mezzo-soprano | Maddalena |
| Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz | Mezzo-soprano | Maddalena |
| Bernadett Wiedemann | Mezzo-soprano | Giovanna |
| Klára Vincze | Mezzo-soprano | Giovanna |
| Mária Farkasréti | Soprano | Giovanna |
| Lajos Geiger | Baritone | Count Ceprano |
| Zsuzsanna Kapi | Soprano | Countess Ceprano |
| Balázs Papp | Tenor | Borsa |
| Botond Pál | Tenor | Borsa |
| Tivadar Kiss | Tenor | Borsa |
| Géza Gábor | Bass | Monterone |
| Antal Cseh | Bass | Marullo |
| Zoltán Bátki Fazekas | Baritone | Court Usher |
| Diána Ivett Kiss | Soprano | Page |
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are. And yet he prays that the scathing mockery he heaps on the suffering of others will not return to haunt him. All he must do is seal his work off from his family life. But when his daughter, following her own heart, leaves the safety of those walls, Rigoletto's secret double life leads her to her doom.The popularity of Verdi's work is no accident: with Shakespearean profundity and thrilling music, it depicts a tragedy of acceptance and schadenfreude, love and self-sacrifice.
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