[Met Performance] CID:326350
Rigoletto {716} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/2/1996.

(Debut: Melissa Lentz)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 2, 1996


RIGOLETTO {716}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Juan Pons
Gilda...................Ruth Ann Swenson
Duke of Mantua..........Frank Lopardo
Maddalena...............Victoria Livengood
Sparafucile.............Sergei Koptchak
Monterone...............Stephen West
Borsa...................Bernard Fitch
Marullo.................Christopher Schaldenbrand
Count Ceprano...........Denis Sedov
Countess Ceprano........Emily Pulley
Giovanna................Diane Elias
Page....................Melissa Lentz [Debut]
Guard...................John Russell

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 [Koptchak, Sergei]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [West, Stephen]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Fitch, Bernard]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Schaldenbrand, Christopher]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Sedov, Denis]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Pulley, Emily]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Elias, Diane]
• Rigoletto: Page [Lentz, Melissa]
• Rigoletto: Guard [Russell, John]
Met Careers
• Elias, Diane [Mezzo Soprano]
• Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
• Koptchak, Sergei [Bass]
• Lentz, Melissa [Mezzo Soprano]
• Livengood, Victoria [Mezzo Soprano]
• Lopardo, Frank [Tenor]
• Pons, Juan [Baritone]
• Pulley, Emily [Soprano]
• Rizzi, Carlo [Conductor]
• Russell, John [Bass]
• Schaldenbrand, Christopher [Baritone]
• Sedov, Denis [Bass]
• Swenson, Ruth Ann [Soprano]
• West, Stephen [Bass Baritone]