[Met Performance] CID:251220
New production
Rigoletto {528} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/31/1977.

(Debut: Ariel Bybee)


Metropolitan Opera House
October 31, 1977
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
for the production funds
New production


RIGOLETTO {528}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Sherrill Milnes
Gilda...................Ileana Cotrubas
Duke of Mantua..........Plácido Domingo
Maddalena...............Isola Jones
Sparafucile.............Justino Díaz
Monterone...............Vern Shinall
Borsa...................James Atherton
Marullo.................Robert Goodloe
Count Ceprano...........Philip Booth
Countess Ceprano........Loretta Di Franco
Giovanna................Ariel Bybee [Debut]
Page....................Alma Jean Smith
Guard...................Peter Sliker

Conductor...............James Levine

Production..............John Dexter
Designer................Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
Choreographer...........Norbert Vesak

Rigoletto received twenty-eight performances this season.

Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1977-78
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Levine, James]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Milnes, Sherrill]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Cotrubas, Ileana]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Domingo, Plácido]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Jones, Isola]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Díaz, Justino]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Shinall, Vern]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Atherton, James]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Goodloe, Robert]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Booth, Philip]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Di Franco, Loretta]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Bybee, Ariel]
• Rigoletto: Page [Smith, Alma Jean]
• Rigoletto: Guard [Sliker, Peter]
• Rigoletto: Production [Dexter, John]
• Rigoletto: Choreographer [Vesak, Norbert]
• Rigoletto: Designer [Moiseiwitsch, Tanya]
• Rigoletto: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• Tedlow, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L.: 1977-78: Production gift: Rigoletto
• 1977-78: Rigoletto: Production gift: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow
• 1977-78: Rigoletto: 28 performances (4 in the prks): New Production: John Dexter//Tanya Moiseiwitsch: Statistics
Met Careers
• Atherton, James [Tenor]
• Booth, Philip [Bass]
• Bybee, Ariel [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cotrubas, Ileana [Soprano]
• Dexter, John [Production]
• Di Franco, Loretta [Soprano]
• Díaz, Justino [Bass]
• Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
• Goodloe, Robert [Baritone]
• Jones, Isola [Mezzo Soprano]
• Levine, James [Conductor]
• Milnes, Sherrill [Baritone]
• Moiseiwitsch, Tanya [Designer]
• Shinall, Vern [Baritone]
• Sliker, Peter [Bass]
• Smith, Alma Jean [Soprano]
• Vesak, Norbert [Choreographer]
• Wechsler, Gil [Lighting Designer]