The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 29, 2022
• Runtime
• 142 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Gary Halvorson

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto — Cast

Rosa Feola Gilda Piotr Beczała The Duke Quinn Kelsey Rigoletto Craig Colclough Monterone Andrea Mastroni Sparafucile Varduhi Abrahamyan Maddalena Scott Scully Borsa

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