The Atlanta Opera is set to open its mainstage season with Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The new production by Tomer Zvulun will be performed on Nov 4 -7, 2023 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Regarding his new production, Zvulum said, “Verdi’s iconic clown character, Rigoletto, is doomed from the very first scene to a cursed fate. Our production highlights his {…}
OperaDelaware has unveiled its 2023-24 season. First up is Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in a production starring Grant Youngblood, Rachel Blaustein, Dane Suarez, Young Bok Kim, Megan Marino, and Joseph Lodato, among others. Kristen Barrett directs and Viswa Subbaraman conducts the production. There will be a microgala prior the opening performance to give audiences a chance to meet the artists of the {…}
New York’s Regina Opera is set to present a free summer concert on August 20, 2023. The 90-minute showcase, which is scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. at the Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Showroom at the Rentar Plaza Mall in Middle Village in New York, will feature such artists as Tate Chu, Cate Webber, Josh Avant, Nikhil Krishna, Richard {…}
The Arena di Verona’s performance of “Rigoletto” on August 4 was canceled halfway through due to a downpour. The performance marked Piotr Beczala’s debut at the Arena di Verona and also starred Nadine Sierra and Amartuvshin Enkhbat. As a result of the canceled performances all spectators will be able to return for a performance of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival {…}
The Arena di Verona has announced several cast changes for productions of “Rigoletto” and “Nabucco.” The company revealed that Giulia Mazzola will replace Nina Minasyan as Gilda. The cancelation marks Minasyan’s fourth canceled performance. She is still scheduled to sing in the August 19 performance of “La Traviata.” Mazzola will join a cast that includes Luca Salsi in the title {…}
(Photo credit: Jeff Busby) Elijah Moshinsky’s 1991 production of “Rigoletto” has been seen a number of times in Sydney since its first performance season, and so it would be unsurprising if the recent season at Sydney Opera House, which began on June 13, restaged by Shane Placentino, attracted the odd suggestion that it is time to retire this version. The {…}
This week, Ernesto Petti will make his debut at the Opera Australia in the title role of “Rigoletto,” marking the baritone’s role debut in the famously demanding title role. Regarding his role debut, Petti told OperaWire, “Rigoletto is a role that I have looked forward to for a long time because it has a special place in a baritone’s career, {…}
Photo: Craig Fuller Opera Holland Park’s (OHP) 2023 season opened with Cecilia Stinton’s new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” It leads a pack of new productions including “Hansel and Gretel,” the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s new opera “Itch,” and “Ruddigore,” another G&S collaboration with Charles Court Opera. Stinton’s handsome production (designed by Neil Irish) is “Rigoletto” by way of Evelyn {…}
The New National Theatre Tokyo is set to present Verdi’s “Rigoletto” starting on May 18, 2023. The Verdi work will star Roberto Frontali in the title role. Joining him will be soprano Hasmik Torosyan as Gilda; she previously performed Norina in “Don Pasquale” with the company back in 2019. As the Duca di Mantua, audiences will hear tenor Iván Ayón {…}
Nadine Sierra has canceled her upcoming performances of “Rigoletto” at the Staatsoper Berlin. Sierra took to social media and said that she was experiencing vocal and physical fatigue and needed to take a break. The soprano also noted that she had proposed singing the last few performances of the run but Berlin’s management did not accept. The soprano ended her {…}
The Staatheater Wiesbaden has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The theater announced that on May 9 the role of Gilda will be sung by Anastasiya Taratorkina who replaces the originally scheduled Cristina Pasaroiu. Taratorkina is an ensemble member of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and has performed such roles with the company as Sophie (“Der Rosenkavalier”), {…}
