Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi
New Production: Opera in three acts (two intermissions). Performed in Italian with English projected
titles. Rigoletto is approximately 3 hours long.
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Gala Opening Night: Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 4 p.m. (Opening Night Gala Dinner follows the performance) Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 9 at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday March 12 at 8 p.m. Saturday March 15 at 1:30 p.m. |
Thursday March 20 at 8 p.m. Wednesday March 26 at 8 p.m. Sunday March 30 at 8 p.m. Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m. Friday, April 11 at 8 p.m. Sunday April 13 at 8 p.m. |
The Sarasota Opera House reopens with one of Verdi's most popular operas. The story of the hunchback jester Rigoletto as he tries to shield his daughter from the evils of the world turns to tragedy when she falls in love with the licentious Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto inaugurated Sarasota Opera's Verdi Cycle in 1989 and has been the opera most requested by our audience.
Read a synopsis of the opera.
| Conductor: | Victor DeRenzi |
| Stage Director: | Stephanie Sundine |
| Scenic Designer: | David Gordon |
| Costume Designer: | Howard Tsvi Kaplan |
| Lighting Designer: | Ken Yunker |
| Chorus Master: | Roger L. Bingaman |
| Cast | |
| Gilda | Erica Strauss |
| The Duke of Mantua | Rafael Dávila |
| Rigoletto | Michael Corvino |
| Monterone | Jonathan Carle |
| Sparafucile | Jeffrey Tucker |
| Maddalena | Blythe Gaissert |
| Sarasota Opera Orchestra Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists | |