Opera in 3 acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
5 - 7/10/2007 20:00
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
400
Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave
Based on Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo
Conductor: Jari Hämäläinen
The Macao Orchestra
Prague Chamber Choir
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Cast: |
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Duke of Mantua |
José Luis
Duval and Warren Mok (06/10), Tenors |
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Rigoletto, the Duke’s jester |
Genaro
Sulvaran and Stephen Kechulius (06/10), Baritones |
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Gilda, Rigoletto’s daughter |
Valentina Farcas
and Natalia Melnik (06/10), Sopranos |
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Sparafucile, the assassin |
Victor von
Halem, Bass |
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Maddalena, the assassin’s sister |
Catriona
Barr, Contralto |
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Giovanna, Gilda’s nurse |
Zhu Qiu Ling,
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Count Monterone |
Brian
Jauhiainen, Baritone |
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Marullo, a knight |
Guy
Bonfiglio, Baritone |
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Borsa Matteo, a courtier |
Henry Choo,
Tenor |
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Count Ceprano |
Terence
Murphy, Bass |
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Countess Ceprano |
Yuki Ip,
Mezzo-Soprano |
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A Court Usher |
Lei Siu Hong,
Baritone |
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A Page of the Duchess |
Yuki Ip,
Mezzo-Soprano |
Original Stage Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Revival Stage Director: Julie Edwardson
Set and Costume Designer: Michael Yeargan
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan
A production of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and Opera Australia
Victor Hugo penned this story during the twilight
of many European monarchies, and Francesco Maria Piave centred it on the court
jester Rigoletto, infusing the libretto with passion, conspiracy and vengeance.
Verdi brought the music to great heights in such famous arias as "Caro nome" and
"La donna è mobile", sung by the Duke of Mantua to seduce another woman while a
heart-broken Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter, listens in. The enraged father
conspires to assassinate the Duke, but in a cruel twist of fate he is delivered
the dead body of his daughter instead.
Rising stars will shine in this production from
Opera Australia and the Cultural Affairs Bureau, with the Prague Chamber Choir
and the Macao Orchestra making grand débuts under the baton of Jari Hämäläinen,
newly appointed artistic director of the famed Savonlinna Opera Festival, in Finland.
With surtitles in Chinese, Portuguese and English
Duration: approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including two intervals