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| Rigoletto |
| Verdi |
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| Production - San Francisco Opera |
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| The Duke of Mantua sung by Giuseppe Gipali* - tenor |
| Gilda sung by Mary Dunleavy - soprano |
| Maddelina sung by Katherine Rohrer - lyric mezzo-soprano |
| Borsa sung by Matthew O'Neill - tenor |
| Conductor - Stephen Lord* |
| Director - Harry Silverstein |
| Set Design - Michael Yeargan |
| Costume Design - Constance Hoffman Photos |
| Lighting - Mark McCullough |
| Rigoletto sung by Paolo Gavanelli / †Valery Alexeev* - baritone |
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| Sparafucile sung by Kristinn Sigmundsson - lyric bass |
| Sat-September 30 (8 pm) J-K; Tue-October 3 (8 pm) A-C, Fri-6 (8 pm) G-I,
Mon-October 9 (7:30 pm) Z MIX 3, Thr-12 (7:30 pm) X-Y, Sun-October15 (2 pm) M-O OOT WEEKEND, Sat- 21 (8 pm)† R-T, Tue October 24 (7:30 pm)†D-E, Sun-29 (2 pm)† W †=Second Cast |
| Chorus Director - Ian Robertson |
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| It's hard to believe now how vital and arresting director Mark Lamos' production seemed when it was new just four years ago. Michael Yeargan's sets, with their lurid colors and nightmare perspectives derived from the Surrealist painter Giorgio De Chirico, retain their power to astonish, and Mark McCullough's virtuosic lighting design and Constance Hoffman's menacing costumes still work their dark magic. / Review 2001-2002 |
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| Page - Erin Neff - mezzo-soprano |
| Countess Ceprano sung by Kimwana Doner - soprano |
| Marullo sung by Eugene Brancoveanu - baritone |
| Count Ceprano sung by Jeremy Galyon - lyric bass |
| Giovanna sung by Kendall Gladen - mezzo-soprano |
| Usher sung by Jere Torkelsen - bass |
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| Michael Yeargen's "Rigoletto" sets were created for the San Francisco Opera in 1997, for its 75th Anniversary Year when the Opera moved back into the War Memorial Opera House, after its 18-month closure for earthquake repairs. Not all were happy with Yeargen's designs, which replaced Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's popular 1973 conceptualization. However, the unnerving experiences with Verdi productions in recent years have cast this production, which accepts Renaissance Mantua as the time and locale for the opera and has sets and costumes confirming agreement with Verdi's intentions, in a more favorable light./ Opera Warhorses |
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| Count Monterone - Greer Grimsley - baritone |
| Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Approximate Running Time: 3 hours / Sung in Italian with English Supertitles |
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| SFO PERFORMANCE BY DAY-DATE-SERIES |
| Costume supervisor - Christopher Verdosci |