What to do with a Giuseppe Verdi opera that involves a virginal woman being degraded, abducted and treated as so much property, comes with no female chorus and yet is beloved at least in part for its ...
Baritone Nathan Matticks as Rigoletto and soprano Catherine Goode as Gilda in Opera in the Height's production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Credit: Photo by Pin Lim Every character in Giuseppe Verdi’s ...
That communication Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano displays with a true magician’s sense of pace and sleight of hand, deftly transitioning from hollow comedy to ugly tragedy, alert as ever ...
Betrayal, revenge, lust — it all comes together in Act III of Rimrock Opera Company’s “Rigoletto.” Giuseppe Verdi’s beautiful music paired with heartbreaking lyrics by a jilted woman, a vengeful ...
Bullying, sexism, corruption, initiation ordeals and debauched behaviour. No, it’s not another government inquiry into the antics of the elite, but Opera Holland Park kicking off the 2023 season by ...
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Remounting a familiar production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” may not be the most thrilling way for San Francisco Opera to open its fall season, but the choice proves rewarding in ways both musical and ...