Film

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

2022 · 2h 22m · Music

One of opera’s grimmest tragedies received a powerful new production during the 2021–22 season when director Bartlett Sher unveiled his Weimar-era staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In this performance, recorded as part of the company’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, commanding American baritone Quinn Kelsey gives a searing portrayal of the title character, a deformed court jester determined to protect the virtue of his daughter, Gilda, sung by radiant soprano Rosa Feola. His debauched employer, the Duke of Mantua, is tenor Piotr Beczała, with dynamic young maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium to lead a cast that also features bass Andrea Mastroni as the assassin Sparafucile and mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan as Maddalena.

Rosa Feola

Gilda

Piotr Beczała

The Duke

Quinn Kelsey

Rigoletto

Craig Colclough

Monterone

Andrea Mastroni

Sparafucile

Varduhi Abrahamyan

Maddalena

Scott Scully

Borsa

Sylvia D'Eramo

Countess Ceprano

Jeongcheol Cha

Marullo

Christopher Job

Count Ceprano

Eve Gigliotti

Giovanna

Catherine Mieun Choi-Steckmeyer

A Page

Yohan Yi

A Guard

• Gary HalvorsonDirector
• Louisa BriccettiProducer
• Victoria WarivonchikProducer

Rigoletto: Trailer

Release date

January 29, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Music