[Met Performance] CID:216030
Rigoletto {459} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/19/1968.

(Debut: Giacomo Aragall, Judith Forst)


Metropolitan Opera House
September 19, 1968


RIGOLETTO {459}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Cornell MacNeil, Act I, Scene 1
Rigoletto...............Frank Guarrera, Act I Scene 2, Acts II, III
Gilda...................Roberta Peters
Duke of Mantua..........Giacomo Aragall [Debut]
Maddalena...............Joann Grillo
Sparafucile.............John Macurdy
Monterone...............Raymond Michalski
Borsa...................Gabor Carelli
Marullo.................Gene Boucher
Count Ceprano...........Paul Plishka
Countess Ceprano........Loretta Di Franco
Giovanna................Carlotta Ordassy
Page....................Judith Forst [Debut]
Guard...................Paul De Paola

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

Director................Herbert Graf
Stage Director..........Bodo Igesz
Designer................Eugene Berman
Choreographer...........Zachary Solov

Rigoletto received twenty-two performances this season.

[Cornell MacNeil cancelled after Scene I and was replaced as Rigoletto by Frank Guarrera.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1968-69
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [MacNeil, Cornell] Act I
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Guarrera, Frank] Act I Scene 2, Acts II, III
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Peters, Roberta]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Aragall, Giacomo]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Grillo, Joann]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Macurdy, John]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Michalski, Raymond]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Carelli, Gabor]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Boucher, Gene]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Plishka, Paul]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Di Franco, Loretta]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Ordassy, Carlotta]
• Rigoletto: Page [Forst, Judith]
• Rigoletto: Guard [De Paola, Paul]
• Rigoletto: Director [Graf, Herbert]
• Rigoletto: Designer [Berman, Eugene]
• Rigoletto: Choreographer [Solov, Zachary]
• Rigoletto: Stage Director [Igesz, Bodo]
• 1968-69: Rigoletto: 22 performances (3 in the prks): Statistics
Met Careers
• Aragall, Giacomo [Tenor]
• Boucher, Gene [Baritone]
• Carelli, Gabor [Tenor]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• De Paola, Paul [Bass]
• Di Franco, Loretta [Soprano]
• Forst, Judith [Mezzo Soprano]
• Grillo, Joann [Mezzo Soprano]
• Guarrera, Frank [Baritone]
• Igesz, Bodo [Stage Director]
• MacNeil, Cornell [Baritone]
• Macurdy, John [Bass]
• Michalski, Raymond [Bass]
• Ordassy, Carlotta [Soprano]
• Peters, Roberta [Soprano]
• Plishka, Paul [Bass]