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Timelessly timely: a dark and damning Rigoletto in Seattle

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“Making a sensational US debut... Avetisyan deployed his light, agile tenor with charm and elegance”
Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 10 August 2019
Verdi, Rigoletto
Seattle Opera
Carlo Montanaro, Conductor
Lindy Hume, Director
Richard Roberts, Set Designer
Lester Lynch, Rigoletto
Giuseppe Altomare, Rigoletto
Madison Leonard, Gilda
Soraya Mafi, Gilda
Liparit Avetisyan, The Duke of Mantua
Yongzhao Yu, The Duke of Mantua
Ante Jerkunica, Sparafucile
Emily Fons, Maddalena
Clayton Brainerd, Monterone
Nerys Jones, Giovanna
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