Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi

opera in three acts

libretto Francesco Maria Piave
based on a play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo
sung in Italian with Polish surtitles
conductor GABRIEL CHMURA
director MARCIN BORTKIEWICZ
set designer, light designer PAWEŁ DOBRZYCKI
costume designer DOROTA ROQUEPLO
choreographer IWONA RUNOWSKA
chorus master MARIUSZ OTTO
assistant conductor ADI BAR
assistant director ANDRZEJ OGÓRKIEWICZ

CAST

Rigoletto JERZY MECHLIŃSKI, DARIO SOLARI
Książę Mantui PIOTR FRIEBE, MARCO KIM
Gilda ALEKSANDRA KUBAS-KRUK, MAŁGORZATA OLEJNICZAK-WOROBIEJ
Sparafucile SZYMON KOBYLIŃSKI, RAFAŁ KORPIK
Maddalena ADA BER, MAGDALENA WILCZYŃSKA-GOŚ
Monterone DAMIAN KONIECZEK
Marullo TOMASZ MAZUR, JAROMIR TRAFANKOWSKI
Borsa KAROL BOCHAŃSKI, BARTŁOMIEJ SZCZESZEK
Hrabia Ceprano MARCIN HUTEK
Hrabina Cepreno BARBARA GUTAJ-MONOWID, NATALIA PUCZNIEWSKA-BRAUN
Giovana OLGA MAROSZEK
Paź KATARZYNA JABŁOŃSKA
Strażnik PIOTR BRÓŹDZIAK, ROMUALD PIECHOCKI

Poznan Opera House choir, ballet and orchestra

I am very happy with myself and I don't think I will ever write anything better - is what Verdi supposedly said after Rigoletto's opening night. Indeed, he managed to create a work that is timeless both in its lyrical and musical aspects. This masterfully-composed opera - a tragic tale of jealousy, vengeance and sacrifice - was based on Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse. Grand passions and majestic music create a perfect whole here. The famous, deeply ironic song La donna è mobile sung by the Duke of Mantua is one of the greatest operatic pieces of all time.