Organization

Mostly Mozart

Stage director

Bartlett Sher

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Sylvia D'Eramo

The Countess of Ceprano

Soprano

Erin Morley

Gilda

Edyta Kulczak

Giovanna

Chanáe Curtis

Baritone

Michael Chioldi

Rigoletto

Bass

Christopher Job

The Count of Ceprano

Jeongcheol Cha

Marullo

Craig Colclough

The Count of Monterone

Tenor

Scott Scully

Matteo Borsa

Eve Gigliotti

Catherine Choi

A page

Yohan Yi

A court usher

Chorus master

Donald Palumbo

Piotr Beczała

The Duke of Mantua

Stephen Costello

Quinn Kelsey

Rosa Feola

Kristina Mkhitaryan

Andrea Mastroni

Sparafucile

Ante Jerkunica

Contralto

Varduhi Abrahamyan

Maddalena

Yulia Matochkina

Conductor

Daniele Rustioni

Karel Mark Chichon

Lighting designer

Donald Holder

Costume designer

Catherine Zuber

Set designer

Michael Yeargan

Jonathan Scott

Adriana Chuchman

Karen Kamensek

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Lincoln Center

Italian

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

One of opera’s grimmest tragedies received a powerful new production during the 2021–22 season when director Bartlett Sher unveiled his Weimar-era staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In this performance, recorded as part of the company’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, commanding American baritone Quinn Kelsey gives a searing portrayal of the title character, a deformed court jester determined to protect the virtue of his daughter, Gilda, sung by radiant soprano Rosa Feola. His debauched employer, the Duke of Mantua, is tenor Piotr Beczała, with dynamic young maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium to lead a cast that also features bass Andrea Mastroni as the assassin Sparafucile and mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan as Maddalena.

Production booklet

Further reading