opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoGiuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto (1851)
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Opéra National de Paris (Bastille), 2016
- Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
- Director: Claus Guth
- Set & Costume Designer: Christian Schmidt
- Rigoletto: Quinn Kelsey
- Duke: Michael Fabiano
- Gilda: Olga Peretyatko
Played on an almost bare stage, this production of Rigoletto uses mimes to double Rigoletto and Gilda – as if their music somehow doesn't convey their emotions vividly enough. At one point this does achieve a nice effect, though, when one of the figures doubling Rigoletto turns out to be Sparafucile.