Organization

Bregenzer Festspiele

Sänger

Tenor

Stephen Costello

Der Herzog von Mantua

Sergey Romanovsky

Pavel Valuzhin

Bariton

Scott Hendricks

Rigoletto

Jordan Shanahan

Yngve Søberg

Vladimir Stoyanov

Sopran

Stacey Alleaume

Gilda

Mélissa Petit

Ekaterina Sadovnikova

Kostas Smoriginas

Graf von Monterone

Bass

Goderdzi Janelidze

Sparafucile

Miklós Sebestyén

Rinat Shaham

Madalena

Katrin Wundsam

Liviu Holender

Marullo

Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger

Taylan Reinhard

Matteo Borsa

Paul Schweinester

Jorge Eleazar

Graf Ceprano

David Oštrek

Mezzosopran

Gloria Giurgola

Gräfin Ceprano

Léonie Renaud

David Kerber

Ein Page

Hyunduk Kim

Dirigat

Enrique Mazzola

Daniele Squeo

Regie

Philipp Stölzl

Bühnenbild

Heike Vollmer

Kostümbild

Kathi Maurer

Lichtgestaltung

Georg Veit

Dramaturgie

Olaf A Schmitt

Giovanna

Others

Bregenzer Festspielchor

Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Italienisch

Bregenz

Österreich

Seebühne

The court jester Rigoletto jokes about the licentious ways of his master the duke, whom he actively supports in his various conquests. His laughter incenses Monterone, whose daughter has been dishonoured by the duke, and it sticks in his throat when Monterone curses him. Without realising it, Rigoletto becomes an accomplice in the kidnapping of his own daughter Gilda, whom he protectively keeps confined to the house. She sees the duke's advances as a chance to escape from her father's custody. Rigoletto engages a murderer to put an end once and for all to the duke's egotistical philandering. But when Rigoletto is about to throw the shrouded body into the water, he hears the duke singing his cynical credo "La donna è mobile" and fears for his daughter's life …

Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – is being performed for the first time on the Bregenz lake stage.

The stage director and designer Philipp Stölzl will highlight the striking contrasts between spectacle and intimate chamber drama in his production of Verdi's opera. Alongside the circus-like palace festivities, the daring abduction and the terrifying storm at night there are moving scenes between father and daughter, and between Gilda and the duke.

The chance to direct opera on the lake stage is the fulfilment of a long cherished dream for Stölzl. He made a name for himself with music videos for the German band Rammstein, and has gone on to make movies, creating breathtaking scenes in North Face, The Physician and most recently Winnetou. As an opera director he has staged successful productions at the Salzburg Festival, Theater an der Wien and the Staatsoper in Berlin and Dresden.

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

Englisch

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