Name: Rigoletto
Start: 2021-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Aalto Theatre

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Gloria Rehm

Gilda

Baritone

Olafur Sigurdarson

Rigoletto

Tenor

Carlos Cardoso

The Duke of Mantua

Contralto

Anna-Katharina Tonauer

Maddalena

Boshana Milkov

Ivan Krutikov

Tamara Banjesevic

Bass

Karl-Heinz Lehner

Sparafucile

Bettina Ranch

Mezzo-soprano

Marie-Helen Joël

Giovanna

Baurzhan Anderzhanov

The Count of Monterone

Daegyun Jeong

Marullo

Rainer Maria Röhr

Matteo Borsa

Mateusz Kabala

The Count of Ceprano

Iva Seidl

The Countess of Ceprano

A page

Stage director

Frank Hilbrich

Conductor

Tianyi Lu

Lighting designer

Manfred Kirst

Costume designer

Gabriele Rupprecht

Set designer

Volker Thiele

Dramaturge

Markus Tatzig

Aalto-Musiktheater Essen

Italian

Essen

Germany

Aalto Theatre

Rigoletto Verdi

Public

German

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

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

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

There was long applause and many "Bravo!" Shouts at yesterday's semi-concert resumption of Verdi's "Rigoletto" 👏🎊
The atmosphere in the sold-out auditorium was fantastic, despite half the capacity 🤩So it can go on! #Best audience
The next "Rigoletto" dates:
RIGOLETTO
📅26th September; 10., 20. October; November 1st
🎟️ https://www.theater-essen.de/.../rigoletto_wiederaufnahme/

There was long applause and many "Bravo!" Shouts at yesterday's semi-concert resumption of Verdi's "Rigoletto" 👏🎊 In the sold-out auditorium there was a fantastic atmosphere despite half the capacity 🤩 It can go on like this! #Best audience The next "Rigoletto" dates: RIGOLETTO 📅 September 26th; October 10-20; November 1st 🎟️ https://www.theater-essen.de/spielplan/az/rigoletto_ Wiederaufnahme/

"The king is having fun" is the title of the template for Verdi's "Rigoletto", the first part of his "trilogia popolare". In the opera, however, it is no longer a king, but two men enjoying themselves at the expense of others: the Duke of Mantua and his court jester Rigoletto. While the duke, contrary to moral principles, lets his women's wear overflow, Rigoletto makes fun of the men of the chosen ones. At home he mimics the loving father who almost completely denies his daughter Gilda the outside world – she doesn't even know his name. It comes as it must: Gilda and the duke fall in love, Rigoletto's double existence is disrupted. Swearing revenge, he sets in motion a tremendous drama that ultimately becomes his own undoing.

Although the premiere was preceded by a long struggle with censorship, Verdi had his finger on the pulse of the times. The thematic complexes are (still today) extremely topical: a marginal figure wants to belong, but is merely tolerated. Feelings and relationships are numbed or reified in favor of one's ego - it's about power and personal responsibility. Social systems are questioned, the game of self-perception and the perception of others is fanned out again and again. As a result, a grotesque contrast arises between real versus unreal, private versus public, man versus woman, life versus death and laughing versus crying. Beneath the squeaky surface simmers a bitter seriousness, always propelled by the archaic core: a self-fulfilling prophecy. Shortly before his death, Verdi is said to have said:

English

Rigoletto by Verdi, From (2021/2021), Directed by Frank Hilbrich,, Conductor Tianyi Lu, Aalto Theatre, Essen, Germany

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