With its sharply conceived and darkly atmospheric production of “Rigoletto,” San Francisco Opera turned to one of its redoubtable repertory staples to open the company’s summer season. Verdi’s ...
With attention centered on the Houston opera debut of the great Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, a native Texan stole the show in the Houston Grand Opera revival of Verdi's Rigoletto. Having ...
Back in 2020, baritone Anthony Clark Evans and mezzo-soprano Kristen Choi were both preparing to make their debut with Opera Philadelphia in Madame Butterfly, but the pandemic hit the opera world ...
In 1851, depicting the ruling class as so loathsome and superficial meant Verdi struggled to persuade both Italian and imperial censors to allow Rigoletto to go ahead. In 2024 the challenge is much ...
Fortunately there were musical compensations - principally the powerfully dramatic interpretation of conductor Vladimir Ghiaurov, which did full justice to Verdi's ingenious score. In the title role ...
Since its first performance at the Khedivial Opera House in 1869 celebrating the opening of the Suez Canal, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto has attracted audiences until present. Rigoletto is being staged ...
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