Name: Rigoletto
Start: 2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Bregenzer Festspielhaus

Organization

Bregenzer Festspiele

Singer

Tenor

Stephen Costello

The Duke of Mantua

Sergey Romanovsky

Pavel Valuzhin

Baritone

Scott Hendricks

Rigoletto

Jordan Shanahan

Yngve Søberg

Vladimir Stoyanov

Soprano

Stacey Alleaume

Gilda

Mélissa Petit

Ekaterina Sadovnikova

Kostas Smoriginas

The Count of Monterone

Bass

Goderdzi Janelidze

Sparafucile

Miklós Sebestyén

Contralto

Rinat Shaham

Maddalena

Katrin Wundsam

Liviu Holender

Marullo

Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger

Taylan Reinhard

Matteo Borsa

Paul Schweinester

Jorge Eleazar

The Count of Ceprano

David Oštrek

Mezzo-soprano

Gloria Giurgola

The Countess of Ceprano

Léonie Renaud

David Kerber

A page

Hyunduk Kim

Conductor

Enrique Mazzola

Daniele Squeo

Stage director

Philipp Stölzl

Set designer

Heike Vollmer

Costume designer

Kathi Maurer

Lighting designer

Georg Veit

Dramaturge

Olaf A Schmitt

Giovanna

Others

Bregenzer Festspielchor

Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Assistant Stage Director

Philipp M. Krenn

Chorus master

Lukáš Vasilek

Benjamin Lack

Italian

Bregenz

Austria

Bregenzer Festspielhaus

Seestudio

The court jester Rigoletto jokes about the licentious ways of his master the duke, whom he actively supports in his various conquests. His laughter incenses Monterone, whose daughter has been dishonoured by the duke, and it sticks in his throat when Monterone curses him. Without realising it, Rigoletto becomes an accomplice in the kidnapping of his own daughter Gilda, whom he protectively keeps confined to the house. She sees the duke's advances as a chance to escape from her father's custody. Rigoletto engages a murderer to put an end once and for all to the duke's egotistical philandering. But when Rigoletto is about to throw the shrouded body into the water, he hears the duke singing his cynical credo "La donna è mobile" and fears for his daughter's life …

Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – is being performed for the first time on the Bregenz lake stage.

The stage director and designer Philipp Stölzl will highlight the striking contrasts between spectacle and intimate chamber drama in his production of Verdi's opera. Alongside the circus-like palace festivities, the daring abduction and the terrifying storm at night there are moving scenes between father and daughter, and between Gilda and the duke.

The chance to direct opera on the lake stage is the fulfilment of a long cherished dream for Stölzl. He made a name for himself with music videos for the German band Rammstein, and has gone on to make movies, creating breathtaking scenes in North Face, The Physician and most recently Winnetou. As an opera director he has staged successful productions at the Salzburg Festival, Theater an der Wien and the Staatsoper in Berlin and Dresden.

Seebühne

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – is being performed for the first time on the Bregenz lake stage. The stag...

Rigoletto by Verdi, Thu 08 Aug 2019, From (2019/2019), Directed by Philipp Stölzl,, Conductor Enrique Mazzola, Daniele Squeo, Bregenzer Festspielhaus, Bregenz, Austria

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