Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	22nd June 2005
To	25th June 2005
When	Wed, Sat 19:15
Prices	From £15.00. To £44.00.
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Rigoletto - And excerpts from The Nutcracker

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:: And excerpts from The Nutcracker (T576293169)

Sung in Italian with surtitles. Running time 2 hrs 30 mins

Company	Welsh National Opera
Director	James Macdonald
Design	Robert Innes Hopkins
Lighting	Simon Mills
Choreographer	Vanessa Gray
Performer	Wynne Evans (The Duke)
Performer	Jonathan Summers (Rigoletto)
Performer	Olga Trifonova (Gilda)
Performer	Jonathan May (Monterone)
Performer	Iain Paterson (Sparafucile)

Listing:: L1889156223

Current production:Work

And excerpts from The Nutcracker

Sung in Italian with surtitles. Running time 2 hrs 30 mins

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