Rigoletto by Verdi, From (2022/2022), Directed by Richard Brunel, Conductor Ben Glassberg, Théâtre des Arts, Rouen, France

A dazzling season opener with unforgettable arias, a dream cast and a Verdi masterpiece driven by drum beating for a vibrant moment of emotion. Do you want to experience opera on a grand scale? This Rigoletto is made for you! Verdi carries us away in a frantic and particularly expressive music, with magnificent duets that you will remember for a long time. This opera, the best known of his popular trilogy before Le Trouvère and La Traviata , tells the story of a cursed father who wants to save his daughter and ends up killing her. In a staging that opens up to the world of dance, it promises rich emotions. It's a great moment to discover Pene Pati, whom some present as a new Pavarotti, the fabulous Rosa Feola and the star dancer of the Paris Opera, Agnès Letestu who wraps in poetry these characters whose tragic destinies cannot leave indifferent.