The LSO opens the season with a thrilling performance of Verdi's Rigoletto

By Alan Yu, 17 September 2013

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 15 September 2013

Verdi, Rigoletto

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

Dimitri Platanias, Rigoletto

Desirée Rancatore, Gilda

Giuseppe Filianoti, The Duke of Mantua

Gábor Bretz, Sparafucile

Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Maddalena

Julien Dran, Borsa

Madeleine Shaw, Giovanna

Matthew Hargreaves, Count Ceprano

Valeria Tornatore, Countess Ceprano

Arutjun Kotchinian, Monterone

London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Chorus

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Alan Yu

The first concert Alan attended was Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. For 7 years he presented classical music programmes for Radio Television Hong Kong, partly to pay his way through university. He attends concerts whenever he can and believes there is no substitute for the thrill of live performances. He writes here.