Work: RigolettoPerformer: Joseph CallejaFrom today| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
 National Theatre, MunichRigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Saturday 12-Oct-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 12-Oct-13 07:30pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Friday 18-Oct-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 18-Oct-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Saturday 3-May-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 3-May-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Tuesday 6-May-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 6-May-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Friday 9-May-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 9-May-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
