Event listing: Rigoletto | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Event is in the past

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Performers

The Royal Opera
Sir John Eliot Gardiner	Conductor
Sir David McVicar	Director
Leah Hausman	Revival Director
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Vittorio Grigolo	Tenor	The Duke of Mantua
Dimitri Platanias	Baritone	Rigoletto
Ekaterina Siurina	Soprano	Gilda	2012 Mar 30, Apr 02, 04, 11, 14 mat, 17
Christine Rice	Mezzo-soprano	Maddalena
Matthew Rose	Bass	Sparafucile
Elizabeth Sikora	Mezzo-soprano	Giovanna
Lucy Crowe	Soprano	Gilda	2012 Apr 07, 21

Reviews of Rigoletto directed by Sir David McVicar

***11

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, December 2017

****1

Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, July 2017

**111

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, September 2014

***11

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, October 2010

****1

Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid, November 2015 (Español)

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Rigoletto at the Royal Opera

David Karlin, 30th March

Verdi's Rigoletto is a work of contrasts. The Duke is equally at home in a glittering palace or a tawdry brothel (a historically accurate characterisation of King Francis I of France, on whom his character is based); his romantic ballads are juxtaposed with the musical depiction of violent storms. Pretty courtly dances share the stage with powerful orchestral evocations of impending doom.

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