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FULL RIGOLETTO Grenoble 2022 Krystian Paul, Leïla Benhamza, Louis Zaitoun, Nicolas Certenais
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Rigoletto  
- Composer: Verdi Giuseppe  
- Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Summum, Grenoble, France, Fabrique Opéra  
- Recorded: April 4, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Krystian Paul, Leïla Benhamza, Louis Zaitoun, Nicolas Certenais, Peter Longauer, Olivier Montmory, Fabrice Alibert, Anna Destrael, Amélie Saadia, Agnès Haond, Mathieu Toulouse, Rui Zha
- Conductor: Patrick Souillot  
- Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique Universitaire de Grenoble  
- Chorus: Chœur de La Fabrique Opéra Grenoble  
- Chorus Master: Arthur VERDET  
- Stage Director: Caroline BLANPIED  
- Stage Designer: Institut des Métiers et des Techniques (Grenoble)  
- Costume Designer: Lycée André ARGOUGES (Grenoble), Lycée Jacques PREVERT (Fontaine)  
- Lighting Designer: Dan FELICE  
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Kristian PAUL  
- Date Published: 2022  
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs  
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
This performance includes spoken text from Victor Hugo’s play, “Le Roi s’amuse”.
The opera was created from Victor Hugo’s play, “Le Roi s’amuse”. The key character, Rigoletto, is ambivalent: both the King’s jester and a tender and protective father. This is the drama of Rigoletto, he lives in fear of seeing his secret revealed, his daughter Gilda whom he hides from the decadent court and from a libertine Duke.
If the king became Duke because of the censorship, the court depicted is indeed that of François 1er. And the line is acerbic. Rigoletto the hunchback is far from(Visited 561 times, 1 visits today)