Grand festivities are held at the court of the Duke of Mantua. But the community which enjoys itself no longer knows values and amuses itself out of deadly boredom. The most cynical of all is court jester Rigoletto. He only wants to protect his daughter Gilda against the depraved world. He prohibits her everything the young woman, however, goes her own way. We present Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera Rigoletto live from the Opernhaus Zürich.
Giuseppe Verdi RIGOLETTO
Il Duca di Mantova - Saimir Pirgu Rigoletto - George Petean Gilda - Aleksandra Kurzak Sparafucile - Andrea Mastroni Maddalena - Judith Schmid Giovanna - Julia Riley Il Conte di Monterone - Valeriy Murga Marullo - Cheyne Davidson Borsa - Dmitry Ivanchey Il Conte di Ceprano - Yuriy Tsiple La Contessa di Ceprano - Deanna Breiwick Paggio della Contessa - Dara Savinova Usciere - Roberto Lorenzi
Zurich Opera House Chorus Philharmonia Zürich (Zurich Opera House Orchestra) (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger) Fabio Luisi, conductor
Tatjana Gürbaca, stage director Klaus Grünberg, set and lighting designer Silke Willrett, costume designer
Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House, June 2014
Bonus: - Tatajana Gürbaca and Fabio Luisi in conversation with Claus Spahn
Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 (worldwide) Subtitles: German, English, French Running time: 124 mins (opera) + 15 mins (bonus) No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)
