Rigoletto in Munich features good musical performances, but little else

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 09 November 2014

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 8 November 2014

Verdi, Rigoletto

Bavarian State Opera

Stefano Ranzani, Conductor

Árpád Schilling, Director

Márton Ágh, Costume Designer, Set Designer

Ekaterina Siurina, Gilda

Nadia Krasteva, Maddalena, Giovanna

Joseph Calleja, The Duke of Mantua

Franco Vassallo, Rigoletto

Rafał Siwek, Sparafucile, Monterone

Elsa Benoit, Countess Ceprano

Tim Kuypers, Marullo

Christian Rieger, Count Ceprano

Leonard Bernad, Court Usher

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.

Rigoletto in Munich features good music, but little else