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Organization

Singer

Baritone

Leo Nucci

Rigoletto

Soprano

Desirée Rancatore

Gilda

Tenor

Gianluca Terranova

The Duke of Mantua

Bass

Luciano Montanaro

Sparafucile

Contralto

Carla Dirlikov

Maddalena

Patrick Delcour

The Count of Ceprano

Mezzo-soprano

Alexise Yerna

The Countess of Ceprano

Laura Balidemaj

Giovanna

Pierre Gathier

The Count of Monterone

Roger Joakim

Marullo

Giovanni Iovino

Matteo Borsa

Conductor

Renato Palumbo

Stage director

Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera

Costume designer

Set designer

Opéra Royal de Wallonie - Liège

Liège

Belgium

Théâtre Royal de Liège

Petit Théâtre

Under the musical direction of Renato Palumbo, the Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie present the opera "Rigoletto". At the end of his life, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi considered Rigoletto as his most beautiful and accomplished opera. Inspired by Victor Hugo's play "Le roi s’amuse", created for the French Theater in 1832, Verdi is particularly intrigued with the buffoon’s tragic character. Despite the strong pressure of the moral and religious censorship of the time, Rigoletto - after its premiere on March 11th, 1851 in Venice – was received with great enthusiasm. The next day, all of Venice hummed the melody of 'La donna è mobile'! The plot of the opera revolves around the struggles of Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua’s buffoon and depraved seducer and his daughter, Gilda. This interpretation was recorded 2015 at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège and stars Leo Nucci, Desirée Rancatore, Gianluca Terranova, Luciano Montanaro, Carla Dirlikov, Benoit Delvaux and more.

Rigoletto Verdi

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Production booklet

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