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Tragedy comes full circle in San Carlo's Rigoletto

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 18 January 2017
Verdi, Rigoletto
Teatro di San Carlo
Nello Santi, Conductor
Jordi Bernàcer, Conductor
Giancarlo Cobelli, Director
Paolo Tommasi, Set Designer
Giusi Giustino, Costume Designer
Piero Pretti, The Duke of Mantua
George Petean, Rigoletto
Rosa Feola, Gilda
Giorgio Giuseppini, Sparafucile
Anna Malavasi, Maddalena
Antonella Carpenito, Giovanna
Maurizio Lo Piccolo, Monterone
Donato Di Gioia, Marullo
Francesco Musinu, Count Ceprano
Miriam Artiaco, Countess Ceprano
Enzo Peroni, Borsa
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
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