Rigoletto

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

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

Cast/Performers

Weston Hurt (Rigoletto), Yongzhao Yu (Duke of Mantua), Robyn Allegra Parton (Gilda), William Thomas (Sparafucile), Amy Holyland (Maddalena), David Kempster (Monterone), Patrick Alexander Keefe (Marullo), Thomas Elwin (Borsa), Edwin Kaye (Ceprano), Sarah-Jane Lewis (Giovanna), Joanne Appleby (Ceprano's wife), Annabella Vesela Ellis (Secretary)

Creatives/Company

Music: Verdi
Lyrics: Francesco Maria Piave
Book by: Victor Hugo
Company: English National Opera
Conductor: Richard Farnes
Director(s): Jonathan Miller, Elaine Tyler-Hall (revival director)
Design(s): Patrick Robertson, Rosemary Vercoe
Lighting(s): Robert Bryan (original lighting designer), Ian Jackson-French
Choreographer: Tommy Shaw
Translation: James Fenton