Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Verdi’s dark, knife-twisting tragedy makes its Glyndebourne debut in a bold new production by Christiane Lutz.
Performance Dates
Tour dates
6 November 2019 7.15pm
9 November 2019 7.15pm
13 November 2019 7.15pm
16 November 2019 7.15pm
Description
Verdi’s own favourite opera, Rigoletto is a tragedy of Shakespearean scope, a disturbing psychological portrait of a man caught in a corrupt world, an outsider in a system built on power and privilege. A dramatic score, heavy with menace, includes many of Verdi’s greatest tunes, including ‘La donna e mobile’. Rising star Christiane Lutz directs Glyndebourne’s first ever production, reimagining Verdi’s classic drama for our own age. Thomas Blunt will conduct the Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra.
After his ‘marvellous’ (The Guardian) Pinkerton in 2016’s Madama Butterfly, Matteo Lippi returns to the Glyndebourne Tour as the seductive, power-hungry Duke. Georgian baritone Nikoloz Lagvilava makes his Glyndebourne debut as Rigoletto, with prize-winning South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu as his daughter Gilda, and Oleg Budaratskiy as assassin Sparafucile.
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We are delighted to be able to have a Performance for Schools at Glyndebourne on 22 October 2019.
Creative Team
Conductor
Thomas Blunt
Director
Christiane Lutz
Set Designer
Christian Tabakoff
Costume Designer
Natascha Maraval
Movement Director
Volker Michl
Lighting Designer
Benedikt Zehm
Projection Designer
Anton Trauner
Cast
Rigoletto
Nikoloz Lagvilava
Gilda
Vuvu Mpofu
Duke of Manuta
Matteo Lippi
Sparafucile
Oleg Budaratskiy
Maddalena
Madeleine Shaw
Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Support Rigoletto
Would you like to be part of a dedicated Circle of supporters who bring Rigoletto to Glyndebourne for the very first time? Why not join the Rigoletto production syndicate or the Court Jester Circle and in return you will be given an insight into our work; bringing you closer to the heart of Glyndebourne.
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