To view an English translation of the Rigoletto libretto, click here. Rigoletto will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. During intermission, HD host Isabel Leonard will interview the stars backstage. The opera is performed in a new production by Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher, which will also be shown in movie theaters around the world, Live in HD. I was all excited to listen to some of the most beautiful music and watch a. Maestro Daniele Rustioni leads the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. And Polish tenor Piotr Beczała is his employer, the predatory Duke of Mantua. Stay in the know about future events and offers by subscribing to ARTS-NY newsletter.

Italian soprano Rosa Feola is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter Gilda, whom he’s desperate to shelter from the world. For the free streaming on Saturday, May 16, 2020, Met Opera selected the production performance on Februwith Zeljko Lucic as Rigoletto, Diana Damrau as Gilda, Piotr Beczala as Duke Michele Mariotti conducts. Prince Igor - Live in HD (2 DVD) - Met Opera 40.00 Our Price 36.00 Members. Verdi: Otello (Met Live in HD DVD) Renée Fleming, Johan Botha 22.00 Our Price 19.80 Members. Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey sings the title role of the embittered jester. Verdi: Otello (Met Live in HD Blu-Ray) Renée Fleming, Johan Botha 37.00 Our Price 33.30 Members. The Met’s production of 'Rigoletto' is an excellent example of where engagement with the work as a drama, rather than trying to put on a spectacle, would have been the better move. The 2021-22 season of live Saturday matinee broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera continues with Rigoletto, Verdi’s powerful tragedy about a man struggling to separate the good from the evil in his life.Īll three stars of the broadcast have won international acclaim for their performances in this opera.

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