Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
7.7
“Rigoletto (2008) Staatsoper Dresden. Verdi / Italian”
Both Florez and Diana Damrau brought their bel canto expertise and superb vocalism to the service of Verdi's music. The Rigoletto, Zeljko Lucic, ran the gamut from tenderness with his Gilda to thundering fury with everyone else. I also liked the production. At first, when Rigoletto was putting on his grease paint during the overture, I was afraid that it might be a typical "Euro-trash" production, with a bit of warmed over I Pagliacci. But the sets and dramatic action really served the music and libretto. I would have to say that I came to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the story and characters as a result of seeing this performance.
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Juan Diego Flórez
Duke of Mantua
Also in
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
La Traviata
Željko Lučić
Rigoletto
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Royal Opera House: Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi
Andreas Morell
Zeljko Lucic
Rigoletto
Francesco Maria Piave
Diana Damrau
Gilda
Also in
La Traviata
The Magic Flute
Victor Hugo
Markus Marquardt
Monterone
Also in
Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder
Juan Diego Florez
Herzog von Mantua
Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Markus Butter
Il Conte di Ceprano
Also in
The Passenger
The Fiery Angel - Theater an der Wien
Andreas Morell Director · Nikolaus Lehnhoff Director Francesco Maria Piave Writer
First release June 25, 2008 · Produced in France, Germany · Production Semperoper Dresden, Arte
Production
Virgin Vision
Production
Semperoper Dresden
Production
Arte
Production · Distribution
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
Production
Virgin
Production
France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Rigoletto
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Germany · June 25, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
January 10, 2009
United Kingdom
September 13, 2010 · DVD premiere
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