Rigoletto, February 2015

After the successful performance of Carmen and La Traviata, The Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back with another world-class Opera, Rigoletto – a tragic tale of misunderstanding, revenge and sacrifice.

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, and based on the play “Le Roi s’amuse” by Victor Hugo.

Its tragic story revolves around the hunchbacked court jester, Rigoletto, his beautiful daughter Gilda he loves and the Duke of Mantua he serves.

Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s best-loved masterpieces, and is considered as standard repertoire.  The opera includes the Duke’s much loved cynical aria ‘La donna e mobile’.

Performed to a live orchestra

Tickets: £32.50

Concessions: £2.00 off

Cast
Russian State Ballet and Opera House (6)
Type
Opera (112)
Companies
Russian State Ballet And Opera House (11)
Date of coverage
22nd February 2015