Rigoletto

Item

Record ID

1161

Identifier

90776

Genre

Work Title

Rigoletto

Uniform Title

Rigoletto

Program/Series Title

The Met: Live in HD ; Great performances at the Met

Composer

Text Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876

Production Year

2013

Transmission/Release Date

2013-02-16 (Theater transmission) ; 2013-05-20 (PBS)

Transmission/Release Year

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Theater transmission / PBS

Conductor/Music Director

Mariotti, Michele

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra

Chorus/Choir

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus

Soloists

Zeljko Lucic (Rigoletto) ; Diana Damrau (Gilda) ; Piotr Beczala (Duke of Mantua) ; Oksana Volkova (Maddalena) ; Sefan Kocan (Sparafucile) ; Robert Pomakov (Monterone) ; Alexander Lewis (Borsa) ; Jeff Mattsey (Marullo) ; Davic Crawford (Count Ceprano) ; Emalie Savoy (Countess Ceprano) ; Maria Zifchak (Giovanna) ; Catherine Choi (Page) ; Earle Patriarco (Guard)

Participants

Renee Fleming (Host)

TV/Film Director

Diamond, Matthew

Stage Director

Mayer, Michael

Sets

Jones, Christine

Costumes

Hilferty, Susan

Choreography

Hoggett, Steven

Production Company

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.

Producer

Bongiovanni Mia ; Park, Elena (Supervising Producers) ; Briccetti, Louisa ; Warivonchik, Victoria (Producers)

Executive Producer

Gelb, Peter

Technical Information

HDTV

Other Information

Production set in l960's Las Vegas.
Features: 1st intermission: Fleming interviews with Lucic, Mayer, Lewis, Mattsey, Crawford and Beczala. 2nd intermission: Fleming interview with Damrau. Video clip from Act II Parsifal followed by Fleming interview with Kaufmann and Dalayman. Fleming with funding pitch. Fleming interview with set and costume designers Christine Jones and Susan Halferty.

Duration

ca. 210'

Company

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Sourcemat

DLACAT-276

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