[Met Performance] CID:326280
Rigoletto {714} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/26/1996.


Metropolitan Opera House
October 26, 1996


RIGOLETTO {714}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

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

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

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1996-97
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Rizzi, Carlo]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Pons, Juan]
• 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]
Met Careers
• Bater, Glenn [Bass]
• Elias, Diane [Mezzo Soprano]
• Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
• Ghiaurov, Nicolai [Bass]
• Livengood, Victoria [Mezzo Soprano]
• Lopardo, Frank [Tenor]
• Pons, Juan [Baritone]
• Powell, Stephen [Baritone]
• Pulley, Emily [Soprano]
• Rizzi, Carlo [Conductor]
• Sedov, Denis [Bass]
• Steiner, Patricia [Mezzo Soprano]
• Swenson, Ruth Ann [Soprano]
• West, Stephen [Bass Baritone]