The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

Overview

One of opera’s grimmest tragedies received a powerful new production during the 2021–22 season when director Bartlett Sher unveiled his Weimar-era staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In this performance, recorded as part of the company’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, commanding American baritone Quinn Kelsey gives a searing portrayal of the title character, a deformed court jester determined to protect the virtue of his daughter, Gilda, sung by radiant soprano Rosa Feola. His debauched employer, the Duke of Mantua, is tenor Piotr Beczała, with dynamic young maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium to lead a cast that also features bass Andrea Mastroni as the assassin Sparafucile and mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan as Maddalena.

Cast

Rosa Feola

Gilda

Piotr Beczała

The Duke

Quinn Kelsey

Rigoletto

Craig Colclough

Monterone

Andrea Mastroni

Sparafucile

Varduhi Abrahamyan

Maddalena

N/A

Scott Scully

Borsa

N/A

Sylvia D'Eramo

Countess Ceprano

N/A

Jeongcheol Cha

Marullo

Christopher Job

Count Ceprano

N/A

Eve Gigliotti

Giovanna

N/A

Catherine Mieun Choi-Steckmeyer

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