[Met Performance] CID:298390
New Production
Rigoletto {648} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/3/1989.

(Debuts: June Anderson, Zack Brown)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 3, 1989
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
New Production


RIGOLETTO {648}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Leo Nucci
Gilda...................June Anderson [Debut]
Duke of Mantua..........Luciano Pavarotti
Maddalena...............Birgitta Svendén
Sparafucile.............Sergei Koptchak
Monterone...............Alan Held
Borsa...................Richard Fracker
Marullo.................Vernon Hartman
Count Ceprano...........Richard Vernon
Countess Ceprano........Joyce Guyer
Giovanna................Sondra Kelly
Page....................Constance Green
Guard...................Mitchell Sendrowitz

Conductor...............Marcello Panni

Production..............Otto Schenk
Designer................Zack Brown [Debut]
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler

Production gift of The Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Rigoletto received eighteen performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1989-90
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Panni, Marcello]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Nucci, Leo]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Anderson, June]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Pavarotti, Luciano]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Svendén, Birgitta]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Koptchak, Sergei]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Held, Alan]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Fracker, Richard]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Hartman, Vernon]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Vernon, Richard]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Guyer, Joyce]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Kelly, Sondra]
• Rigoletto: Page [Green, Constance]
• Rigoletto: Guard [Sendrowitz, Mitchell]
• Rigoletto: Production [Schenk, Otto]
• Rigoletto: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• Gramma Fisher Foundation: 1989-90: Production gift: Rigoletto
• 1989-90: Rigoletto: Production gift: Gramma Fisher Foundation
• Montrone, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M.: 1989-90: Production gift: Rigoletto
• 1989-90: Rigoletto: Production gift: Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
• 1989-90: Rigoletto: 18 performances (6 in the prks): New Production: Otto Schenk//Zack Brown: Statistics
Met Careers
• Anderson, June [Soprano]
• Brown, Zack [Designer]
• Fracker, Richard [Tenor]
• Green, Constance [Soprano]
• Guyer, Joyce [Soprano]
• Hartman, Vernon [Baritone]
• Held, Alan [Baritone]
• Kelly, Sondra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Koptchak, Sergei [Bass]
• Nucci, Leo [Baritone]
• Panni, Marcello [Conductor]
• Pavarotti, Luciano [Tenor]
• Schenk, Otto [Production]
• Sendrowitz, Mitchell [Bass]
• Svendén, Birgitta [Mezzo Soprano]
• Vernon, Richard [Bass]
• Wechsler, Gil [Lighting Designer]