Rigoletto by Verdi, R 16 okt 2015, Alates (2015/2016), Juhatatud Anna Osipenko, Dirigent Marián Vach, Štátna Opera, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Rigoletto is an opera that reigns on world stages even after 164 years since its first performance. Nečudo - a story based on Victor Hugo's drama Kráľ sa zábávatogether with the music of Giuseppe Verdi, he created an essence that appeals to the audience to this day. The tragic story about the court jester Rigoletto and his beautiful daughter Gilda, who succumbs to the seduction of his flighty master, the Duke of Mantua, is at the same time a critique of society, it has tense passions and lyrical personal stories. Even though the literary original of the work was created in the century before last, it still copies the topical theme of human malice, egocentrism and negative emotions. Rigletto is faced with a dilemma: should he survive without problems in a corrupt society with "closed eyes" or keep a "clean slate" and make a cruel sacrifice? At some point in life, everyone is faced with "Sofia's choice" and everyone tries to cope with it in their own way - the opera Rigoletto holds a mirror up to us and asks questions about the meaning of human existence.