Organization

Singer

Tenor

Vladislav Mazankin

The Duke of Mantua

Baritone

Yuri Borshchev

Rigoletto

Soprano

Maria Bochmanova

Gilda

Bass

Gevorg Grigoryan

Sparafucile

Contralto

Larisa Pominova

Maddalena

Mezzo-soprano

Natalya Kochubey

Giovanna

Evgeny Nagovitsyn

Matteo Borsa

Andrey Zemskov

The Count of Monterone

Evgeniy Baev

Marullo

Elena Tikhonova

The Countess of Ceprano

Anton Morozov

The Count of Ceprano

Stage director

Yuri Alexandrov

Conductor

Maxim Valkov

Alexander Goikhman

Tatyana Karpacheva

Natalya Chernikova

Chorus master

Igor Pototskiy

Lighting designer

Dzhalil Martazin

Set designer

Lyudmila Goncharova

Costume designer

Vera Marinina

Props

Viktor Grigorev

St Petersburg Chamber Opera

Italian

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera)

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

Approved

"Rigoletto" G. Verdi. Song of the Duke ("Heart of the Beauty") / Rigoletto. La donne e mobile

The performance has been nominated for Golden Mask, Russian national theatre award. 

Verdi himself believed that the plot of “Rigoletto”, borrowed from “The King amuses himself”, drama by Victor Hugo, was the best one ever set to music by him. For the first time in opera history the main character was an old hunchback, a court jester, a hypocrite, hateful to the world. He cruelly avenges himself on all those who do not have a hump on their back. 
The director offered a new version of this psychological drama, where instead of being merely a hunchback, the court jester is a sarcastic, smart, and angry man, who, by the way, is not old at all. His hump and his mask are nothing but a clownish appearance that he wears only at the Duke’s court. However, moral ugliness can not be thrown away like a mask. An extraordinary man, forced to endure constant humiliation, he entertains himself with intrigues, willingly taking part in all dirty amusements of his lord and his entourage. The fate punishes Rigoletto for his cruelty, making him kill his own daughter, Gilda.
Luxurious, exquisite costumes immerse the audience in the historic atmosphere. The characters of the play, dressed in expensive fabrics and whimsical masks, seem to have come directly from the paintings of the old masters. The performance is solid, full of thoughtful details, and just beautiful. Both acting and superb musical performance correspond to the idea of the composer himself who was the creator of the musical drama genre.

English

Rigoletto by Verdi, From (2022/2022), Directed by Yuri Alexandrov, Tatyana Karpacheva, Natalya Chernikova,, Conductor Maxim Valkov, Alexander Goikhman, Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera), Saint Petersburg, Russia

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