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Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
In Italian with German and English surtitles
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Scene from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi: A group of elegantly dressed men in dark suits and tailcoats stand closely packed in front of a neoclassical architectural backdrop with columns and balustrades; their bodies lean forward, tense, as if reacting to something together.
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi © Paul Leclaire
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
In Italian with German and English surtitles
Events and Tickets

Description

As the court jester to the Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto is no less scrupulous than his absolutist master, who seduces women at will and has men killed on a whim. Rigoletto seeks to protect his daughter Gilda from this world, but the Duke has already set his sights on the innocent young woman. When Gilda gives herself to the seducer driven by love and idealism, Rigoletto’s carefully constructed wall of protection collapses, and he himself is made a fool: his belief that he could strictly separate the corruption of court society from his private happiness proves to be a fatal illusion.

With the aria “La donna è mobile,” RIGOLETTO secured Verdi’s international fame. Following the triumphant success of ist premiere in Venice in 1851, the work conquered opera houses around the world. Katharina Thalbach’s production now returns to Offenbachplatz.

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Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

  • Katharina Thalbach

Bühne & Kostüme

  • Ezio Toffolutti

Licht

Choreografie

  • Nadine Schori

Chorleitung

Dramaturgie

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Herzog von Mantua

Rigoletto

Gilda

Sparafucile

Maddalena

Giovanna

Graf von Monterone

Marullo

Borsa

Graf Ceprano

  • Michael Terada

Die Gräfin Ceprano

Ein Page

Ein Gerichtsdiener

  • Nam-Uk Baik

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RIGOLETTO von Giuseppe Verdi (Trailer)

La donna è mobile

en.: Woman is fickle. – Duke of Mantua