Rigoletto
Live recording at Royal Opera House, 22 September, 2001. Television live relay. In one of the Royal Opera’s most celebrated and popular productions, director David McVicar mixes lavish historical costumes and dark stylized settings to highlight the savagery and excitement of Verdi’s tale of misdirected revenge. Paolo Gavanelli is vocally and theatrically electrifying as the hunchback anti-hero, acclaimed soprano Christine Schäfer is his doomed daughter, and superstar tenor Marcelo Alvarez is her fickle lover. With superb playing from the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, it adds up to a thrilling Rigoletto for both opera aficionados and newcomers.
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Cast
Paolo Gavanelli
Rigoletto
Marcelo Álvarez
Duke of Mantua
Giovanni Battista Parodi
Monterone
Eric Halfvarson
Sparafucile
Christine Schäfer
Gilda
Graciela Araya
Maddalena
Elizabeth Sikora
Giovanna
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