Name: Rigoletto
Start: 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Grand

Organization

Conductor

Viswa Subbaraman

Stage director

Kristen Barrett

Set designer

Jefferson Ridenour

Lighting designer

Tláloc López-Watermann

Singer

Baritone

Grant Youngblood

Rigoletto

Soprano

Rachel Blaustein

Gilda

Tenor

Dane Suarez

The Duke of Mantua

Bass

Young-Bok Kim

Sparafucile

Contralto

Megan Marino

Maddalena

Henrique Carvalho

Marullo

Louis Tiemann

Matteo Borsa

Mezzo-soprano

Rachel Barg

Giovanna

Denique Isaac

The Countess of Ceprano

Opera Delaware

Hairstylist

Brittany Rappise

Makeup artist

Kevin Patrick

The Count of Ceprano

Gordon Blodgett

A court usher

Costume designer

Glenn Breed

Eric McKeever

The Count of Monterone

Laura Zahn

A page

Wilmington

United States

The Grand

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

Approved

Verdi’s masterful Rigoletto is an opera in three acts that premiered in Venice on March 11, 1851. It was based on a controversial Victor Hugo piece known as “The King’s Fool” or “Le Roi s’amuse.”
The tremendous story of the jester Rigoletto, his beloved daughter Gilda, and the treacherous Duke of Mantua was nearly banned by censors upon its debut, but it went on to become one of Verdi’s most championed works. In particular, pieces like “Caro nome,” “La donna é mobile,” and “Bella figlia dell’ amore” propelled opera forward during Verdi’s lifetime and challenged and inspired the audience of yesterday and today. The legendary storm music in the final act carries all of Verdi’s tumultuous passion as he creates one of opera’s most evocative scenes.

The tremendous story of the jester Rigoletto, his beloved daughter Gilda, and the treacherous Duke of Mantua was nearly banned by censors upon its debut, but it went on to become one of Verdi’s most championed works. In particular, pieces like Caro nome, La donna é mobile, and Bella figlia dell’ amore propelled opera forward during Verdi’s lifetime and challenged and inspired the audiences of yesterday and today.

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Cast

Crew