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Rigoletto

0% | Dec 01, 2004
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In Rigoletto, the deformed figure of the hunchbacked jester at the Mantuan court acts as a foil to his cynical and powerful master, an unscrupulous philanderer contrasted with his cruel and unforgiving fool. Rigoletto encourages and welcomes the Duke's conquests, pitilessly mocking his victims until he discovers that the Duke has abducted the one person he genuinely loves, his own daughter. As a result, the character of the court jester is transformed into a tragic figure who, in spite of his evident immorality and malice, allows us to sense the devotion he feels for his daughter and his horror at being destroyed by the same despotic world as that which he himself has helped to create.

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Marcelo Álvarez
Duke of Mantua
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Carlos Álvarez
Rigoletto
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Inva Mula
Gilda
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Nino Surguladze
Magdalena

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Paul Brown
Costume Design
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Francesco Maria Piave
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Graham Vick
Director
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Giuseppe Verdi
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Jesús López-Cobos
Conductor
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Giuseppe Verdi
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Orquestra Simfonica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
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