Organization

Chorus master

Igor Pototskiy

Lighting designer

Dzhalil Martazin

Costume designer

Vera Marinina

Set designer

Lyudmila Goncharova

Stage director

Yuri Alexandrov

Tatyana Karpacheva

Conductor

Maxim Valkov

Alexander Goikhman

Singer

Tenor

Yaramir Nizamutdinov

The Duke of Mantua

Baritone

Yuri Borshchev

Rigoletto

Soprano

Evgenya Kravchenko

Gilda

Bass

Miroslav Molchanov

Sparafucile

Contralto

Victoria Martemyanova

Maddalena

Mezzo-soprano

Izabella Bazina

Giovanna

Gevorg Grigoryan

The Count of Monterone

Egor Chubakov

Marullo

Anton Morozov

The Count of Ceprano

Yulia Ptitsina

The Countess of Ceprano

Natalya Chernikova

Nina Zhukovskaya

Viktor Grigorev

St Petersburg Chamber Opera

Italian

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Hermitage Theatre

Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera)

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

Approved

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Rigoletto / Риголетто

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 (2020/2021), Directed by Yuri Alexandrov, Tatyana Karpacheva, Natalya Chernikova,, Conductor Maxim Valkov, Alexander Goikhman, Nina Zhukovskaya, Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera), Saint Petersburg, Russia

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