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Verdi: Rigoletto

1981 · 2h 5m

Yes, the King arrives, eventually!

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Overview

The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor. From sumptuous interiors, we move to a dark street, a lonely inn. The secondary figures are astutely counterpoised: the plotting courtiers against the plotting Sparafucile and Maddalena (also ambiguously tender-hearted). When Rigoletto says "Pari siamo", he could be expressing the motto of the whole work: the beautiful and the ugly can be equally good, equally evil.

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Cast

Louis Quilico

Louis Quilico

Rigoletto

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Il Duca di Mantua

Christiane Eda-Pierre

Christiane Eda-Pierre

Gilda

Ara Berberian

Sparafucile

Isola Jones

Isola Jones

Maddalena

John Darrenkamp

Marullo

Batyah Godfrey

Giovanna

Betsy Norden

Countess Ceprano

Norman Andersson

Count Ceprano

Charles Anthony

Borsa

Richard J. Clark

Monterone

James Levine

James Levine

Self - Conductor

Nadyne Brewer

A page

Paul de Paola

Chief guard

MET Orchestra

Crew

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Details

Release date
December 15, 1981
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
2h 5m
Rated
PG

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