Name: Rigoletto
Start: 1977-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1977-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

James Levine

Soprano

Ileana Cotrubaș

Gilda

Contralto

Isola Jones

Maddalena

Tenor

Plácido Domingo

The Duke of Mantua

Baritone

Cornell MacNeil

Rigoletto

Bass

Justino Díaz

Sparafucile

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

John Dexter’s riveting production, designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, captures the dark passions of Verdi’s ever popular opera. Cornell MacNeil, in the role of his sensational Met debut, is the tortured hunchback jester, desperate to protect his daughter, Gilda, from the lascivious Duke of Mantua. Ileana Cotrubas is at her most affecting as the innocent girl who sacrifices herself for love. Plácido Domingo’s golden voice and suave appeal are perfect for the charming but faithless Duke. James Levine conducts.

Public

Approved

English

Rigoletto by Verdi, Mon 07 Nov 1977, From (1977/1977), Conductor James Levine, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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