[Met Performance] CID:331474
Rigoletto {725} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/8/1999.

(Debuts: Franz Grundheber, Graciela Araya, John Fanning)


Metropolitan Opera House
March 8, 1999


RIGOLETTO {725}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto..................Franz Grundheber [Debut]
Gilda......................Andrea Rost
Duke of Mantua.............Ramón Vargas
Maddalena..................Graciela Araya [Debut]
Sparafucile................Eric Halfvarson
Monterone..................John Fanning [Debut]
Borsa......................Bernard Fitch
Marullo....................Mariusz Kwiecien
Count Ceprano..............Yanni Yannissis
Countess Ceprano...........Andrea Trebnik
Giovanna...................Diane Elias
Page.......................Alexandra Newland
Guard......................Joseph Pariso

Conductor..................Maurizio Benini

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

Rigoletto received eight performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1998-99
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Benini, Maurizio]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Grundheber, Franz]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Rost, Andrea]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Vargas, Ramón]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Araya, Graciela]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Halfvarson, Eric]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Fanning, John]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [Fitch, Bernard]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Kwiecien, Mariusz]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Yannissis, Yanni]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Trebnik, Andrea]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Elias, Diane]
• Rigoletto: Page [Newland, Alexandra]
• Rigoletto: Guard [Pariso, Joseph]
• Rigoletto: Production [Schenk, Otto]
• Rigoletto: Stage Director [Thomas, Sharon]
• Rigoletto: Designer [Brown, Zack]
• Rigoletto: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• 1998-99: Rigoletto: 11 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Araya, Graciela [Mezzo Soprano]
• Benini, Maurizio [Conductor]
• Elias, Diane [Mezzo Soprano]
• Fanning, John [Baritone]
• Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
• Grundheber, Franz [Baritone]
• Halfvarson, Eric [Bass]
• Kwiecien, Mariusz [Baritone]
• Newland, Alexandra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pariso, Joseph [Bass]
• Rost, Andrea [Soprano]
• Thomas, Sharon [Stage Director]
• Trebnik, Andrea [Mezzo Soprano]
• Vargas, Ramón [Tenor]
• Yannissis, Yanni [Bass]