[Met Performance] CID:326140
Rigoletto {711} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/14/1996.

(Debuts: Stephen Powell, Diane Elias)


Metropolitan Opera House
October 14, 1996


RIGOLETTO {711}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Frederick Burchinal
Gilda...................Ruth Ann Swenson
Duke of Mantua..........Frank Lopardo
Maddalena...............Victoria Livengood
Sparafucile.............Nicolai Ghiaurov
Monterone...............Stephen West
Borsa...................Bernard Fitch
Marullo.................Stephen Powell [Debut]
Count Ceprano...........Denis Sedov
Countess Ceprano........Emily Pulley
Giovanna................Diane Elias [Debut]
Page....................Patricia Steiner
Guard...................Glenn Bater

Conductor...............Carlo Rizzi

Production..............Otto Schenk
Stage Director..........Sharon Thomas
Designer................Zack Brown
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler

Rigoletto received fourteen performances this season.

Revival gift of American Home Products Corporation


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1996-97
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Rizzi, Carlo]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Burchinal, Frederick]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Swenson, Ruth Ann]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Lopardo, Frank]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Livengood, Victoria]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Ghiaurov, Nicolai]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [West, Stephen]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Fitch, Bernard]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Powell, Stephen]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Sedov, Denis]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Pulley, Emily]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Elias, Diane]
• Rigoletto: Page [Steiner, Patricia]
• Rigoletto: Guard [Bater, Glenn]
• Rigoletto: Production [Schenk, Otto]
• Rigoletto: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• Rigoletto: Stage Director [Thomas, Sharon]
• 1996-97: Rigoletto: Revival gift: American Home Products Corporation
• American Home Products Corporation: 1996-97: Revival gift: Rigoletto
• 1996-97: Rigoletto: 14 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Bater, Glenn [Bass]
• Burchinal, Frederick [Baritone]
• Elias, Diane [Mezzo Soprano]
• Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
• Ghiaurov, Nicolai [Bass]
• Livengood, Victoria [Mezzo Soprano]
• Lopardo, Frank [Tenor]
• Powell, Stephen [Baritone]
• Pulley, Emily [Soprano]
• Rizzi, Carlo [Conductor]
• Sedov, Denis [Bass]
• Steiner, Patricia [Mezzo Soprano]
• Swenson, Ruth Ann [Soprano]
• Thomas, Sharon [Stage Director]
• West, Stephen [Bass Baritone]