RIGOLETTO
VERDI
Piave after Hugo
CLASSIC REVIVAL
Brilliantly relocating the original Renaissance court setting of Verdi’s
great revenge drama to the vendetta-driven culture of 1950s Mafia-run
New York, Jonathan Miller’s ‘Little Italy’ staging of Rigoletto was
acclaimed as a classic when it was first seen in 1982 and has remained
in ENO’s repertoire ever since. For its latest revival, leading Verdi
baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore, who has sung the title role to
acclaim in Brussels, Vienna and the Netherlands, now sings it for the
first time on the British stage. Recently praised in the Financial
Times for conducting ‘with a fire and articulation worthy of Toscanini’,
Stephen Lord, Music Director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis,
makes his UK debut in Verdi’s darkly dramatic, melody-driven score.
Sep 21 · 26 & Oct 2 · 7 · 10 · 15 · 20 · 23 at 7.30 pm | Oct 17 at 6.30pm
9 performances. Running time: 2hrs 45mins
Pre-performance talk by Sarah Lenton: Oct 7, 5.30pm, London Coliseum, £4
Rigoletto Anthony Michaels-Moore; Duke of Mantua Michael Fabiano; Gilda Katherine Whyte;
Sparafucile Brindley Sherratt; Monterone Iain Paterson; Marullo Daniel Hoadley;
Borsa Peter Van Hulle; Ceprano James Gower
Conductor Stephen Lord; Director Jonathan Miller; Designers Patrick Robertson, Rosemary Vercoe;
Lighting Designer Robert Bryan; Choreographer Tommy Shaw; Translation James Fenton
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