Some of Australia’s finest singers - Michael Lewis, Rosario La Spina and rising star Elena Xanthoudakis - will join the Opera Queensland Chorus and Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch to realise Rigoletto’s thrilling score, featuring the well-known Quartet Bella figlia dell’amore and the famous tenor arias Questa o quella and La donna è mobile. For Verdi’s heartbreaking tale of power, corruption and betrayal, director Lindy Hume evokes a familiar modern Italy where the all-powerful Duke of Mantua holds court surrounded by sycophants and party girls. The chilling drama plays out against Richard Roberts’ spectacular sets - from the Duke’s high gloss palace to the murderous squalor of the underworld, whose pervasive darkness is broken by startling cinematic touches and atmospheric lighting. Conductor Johannes Fritzsch Director Lindy Hume Designer Richard Roberts Lighting Design Jason Morphett Chorus Master Narelle French Rigoletto Michael Lewis Duke of Mantua Rosario La Spina Gilda Elena Xanthoudakis Sparafucile Jud Arthur Maddalena Dimity Shepherd Monterone Andrew Collis Marullo Shaun Brown Borsa Virgilio Marino Ceprano John Antoniou Giovanna Anne Fulton Queensland Symphony Orchestra Opera Queensland Chorus Rigoletto is presented by arrangement with New Zealand Opera. The performance lasts 2 hours and 35 minutes, including one twenty minute interval. LYRIC THEATRE, QPAC MARCH 2014 M T W T F S S 15 20 22 25 27 29 7.30pm 6.30pm 1.30pm Sung in Italian with projected English translations. I don’t need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats ... beautiful airplanes, a beautiful wife, a beautiful family ... I am making a sacrifice. SILVIO BERLUSCONI “ ” “a highly theatrical production where visual spectacle combined with emotionally charged scenes ... make this a Rigoletto to remember” THE OPERA CRITIC WATCH THE PREVIEW ON Rigoletto image by Neil Mackenzie SEASON 2014 LIFE LESS ORDINARY LIFE LESS ORDINARY AUSTRALIAN PREMIÈRE CLICK HERE!
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