Performance

Venue	London Coliseum
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	21st September 2009
To	20th October 2009
When	Sep 21, 26, Oct 2, 7, 10, 15, 20, 23 at 19:30. Oct 17 18:30
London Coliseum (V376)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Rigoletto

Work:: Rigoletto (S2071)

Rigoletto, the hunchbacked court jester wants revenge. His beloved daughter, Gilda, has been abducted and seduced by the Duke and he hires a hit-man to assassinate him. Tragedy prevails in Verdi's masterpiece of love, lust and betrayal. Based on Hugo's Le roi s'amuse. First performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851

Music	Verdi
Lyrics	Francesco Maria Piave
Book by	Victor Hugo

Production:: (T01470289834)

Brilliantly relocating the original Renaissance court setting of Verdi’s great revenge drama to the vendetta-driven culture of 1950s Mafia-run New York, Jonathan Miller’s ‘Little Italy’ staging of Rigoletto was acclaimed as a classic when it was first seen in 1982 and has remained in ENO’s repertoire ever since. Running time 2hrs 45mins

Producer	English National Opera
Conductor	Stephen Lord
Director	Jonathan Miller
Design	Patrick Robertson
Design	Rosemary Vercoe
Lighting	Robert Bryan
Choreographer	Tommy Shaw
Translation	James Fenton
Performer	Anthony Michaels-Moore (Rigoletto)
Performer	Michael Fabiano (Duke of Manlus)
Performer	Gilda Katherine Whyte
Performer	Brindley Sherratt (Sparafucile)
Performer	Iain Paterson (Monterone)
Performer	Daniel Hoadley (Marullo)
Performer	Petet Van Hulle (Borsa)
Performer	James Gower (Caprano)

Listing:: L01645835319

Current production:Work

Production details

Brilliantly relocating the original Renaissance court setting of Verdi’s great revenge drama to the vendetta-driven culture of 1950s Mafia-run New York, Jonathan Miller’s ‘Little Italy’ staging of Rigoletto was acclaimed as a classic when it was first seen in 1982 and has remained in ENO’s repertoire ever since. Running time 2hrs 45mins

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