Verdi: Rigoletto (Blu-Ray) – Liparit Avetisyan, Carlos Álvarez
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Verdi: Rigoletto (Blu-Ray) – Liparit Avetisyan, Carlos Álvarez
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Artists: Liparit Avetisyan, Carlos Álvarez, Lisette Oropesa, Brindley Sherratt, Ramona Zaharia, Eric Greene, Kseniia Nikolaieva, Dominic Sedgwick, Egor Zhuravskii, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Oliver Mears
Video Format: 16:9
Sound Format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS Digital Surround
Region: All Regions
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Opus Arte
Release Date: December 2, 2022
Run Time: 135 minutes; plus 12 minutes bonus material
Rigoletto is the sharp-tongued jester to the serial womanizer, the Duke of Matua. But when the Duke turns his seductive ways towards Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda, the jester learns that he is powerless to protect her. What follows is an epic tale of deceit, revenge and, above all, love.
Director Oliver Mears makes his Royal Opera debut with his “thrilling new production” (The Times), which frames Verdi’s masterpiece as a modern morality play, pitting power against innocence in a decadent world of corruption and social decay. Antonio Pappano conducts an outstanding cast that includes an “utterly compelling” Carlos Álvarez in the title role, Lisette Oropesa as “a matchless Gilda” (The Guardian) and tenor Liparit Avetisyan as the Duke of Mantua.
History
One of the most popular operas in the repertoire, Verdi’s riveting drama was first seen in 1851 at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice. Together with his next two works, Il Trovatore and La Traviata, it formed the basis for the composer’s lasting success. For his new production, director Michael Mayer has moved the action from 16th-century Mantua to 1960s Las Vegas: “I tried to imagine a recent world that captures the decadence of the Duke’s palace, where the participants are in pursuit of power, money, and beauty,” he says. Las Vegas in the ’60s is such a world, where a kind of prankster energy could go bad.”
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