Rigoletto
(Teatro Lirico d'Europa) 

March 25-27 2004
$68.50, $56.50, $43.50, $15
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 
at 7:30pm

Opera by Giuseppi Verdi
Also playing: 
 Verdi's La Traviata and Mozart's Don Giovanni

Composed in 1851, Giuseppe Verdi's RIGOLETTO is an intriguing study of the contrasts between good and evil.  Careless flirtations by the womanizing Duke of Mantua and the actions of his vengeful court jester RIGOLETTO play out against a backdrop of seduction, betrayal, curses and vendettas, ending in the tragic death of Rigoletto's innocent daughter Gilda at the hands of a paid assassin.  The opera contains the famous arias "Caro nome," "La donna e mobile," "Questo quella," and the well known "Rigoletto Quartet."

A traditional version of Verdi's opera with full orchestra and chorus and international soloists, in Italian with English supertitles.  This is its third US tour, brought back by outstanding critical acclaim.  TLD's production of Verdi's RIGOLETTO has enjoyed several critically acclaimed tours throughout Western Europe since its debut in 1992 including performances at the 1998 and 1999 Summer Festival San Giovanni Valdarno in the Tuscany region of Italy where it was greeted with great enthusiasm by the public and outstanding critical acclaim from the Italian press!  The company's NEW production made its American debut on the Winter 2002 USA tour to outstanding critical acclaim, returned to the USA for the Winter 2003 tour by popular demand, and tours the USA for the THIRD straight Winter in 2004. 

Audience: Appropriate for ages 14 and over but set contains painting of nude woman-demon touching one of her breasts.