[Met Performance] CID:326720
Rigoletto {721} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/9/1996.

(Debuts: Alastair Miles, Sondra Radvanovsky, Lee Hamilton)


Metropolitan Opera House
December 9, 1996


RIGOLETTO {721}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Leo Nucci
Gilda...................Ruth Ann Swenson
Duke of Mantua..........Jonathan Welch
Maddalena...............Wendy White
Sparafucile.............Alastair Miles [Debut]
Monterone...............James Courtney
Borsa...................Bernard Fitch
Marullo.................Stephen Powell
Count Ceprano...........Richard Vernon
Countess Ceprano........Sondra Radvanovsky [Debut]
Giovanna................Diane Elias
Page....................Lee Hamilton [Debut]
Guard...................Robert Maher

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 [Nucci, Leo]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Swenson, Ruth Ann]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Welch, Jonathan]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [White, Wendy]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Miles, Alastair]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Courtney, James]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Fitch, Bernard]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Powell, Stephen]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Vernon, Richard]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Radvanovsky, Sondra]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Elias, Diane]
• Rigoletto: Page [Hamilton, Lee]
• Rigoletto: Guard [Maher, Robert]
Met Careers
• Courtney, James [Bass Baritone]
• Elias, Diane [Mezzo Soprano]
• Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
• Hamilton, Lee [Mezzo Soprano]
• Maher, Robert [Bass]
• Miles, Alastair [Bass]
• Nucci, Leo [Baritone]
• Powell, Stephen [Baritone]
• Radvanovsky, Sondra [Soprano]
• Rizzi, Carlo [Conductor]
• Swenson, Ruth Ann [Soprano]
• Vernon, Richard [Bass]
• Welch, Jonathan [Tenor]
• White, Wendy [Mezzo Soprano]