Opera presents 'Falstaff' Nov 19, 2009
"My Metropolitan Opera debut was as Macbeth, and I've also done Rigoletto and Simon Boccanegra. Verdi always created demanding characters, and it's always a challenge. But if I had to pick a signature role, it would be Rigoletto.". However, Burchinal has a great affection for Falstaff, whom he'll portray tonight when Athena Opera UGA Opera Ensemble presents Verdi's "Falstaff" at Hodgson Concert Hall in the UGA Performing Arts Center. (Athens Banner-Herald)
* Beijing opera: ancient and modern Nov 2, 2009
On Saturday and Sunday it will revive its highly successful 2008 production of The Jester (), which is based on Verdis opera Rigoletto (See story on Page 13 of the Dec. 12, 2008 edition of the Taipei Times) ... The Jester, with its clever mixing of musical genres, and which shows off Lis prodigious versatility as he shifts from comic to tragic roles as the court jester Rigoletto, and The Wilderness, with its stripped-down modern setting and rebellious message that resonates with the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Soprano's energy translates easily onstage Oct 28, 2009
" She tried to make those connections during Doris Drrie's notorious Munich production of "Rigoletto," an outer space treatment that found Gilda and her father marooned on a planet of apes. "I appreciate Drrie as an artist and a human being, and I could understand her attempt to tell us that father and daughter were isolated in a hostile world," Damrau recalls. "But I couldn't sympathize with Gilda's wish to die for the love of an ape. Maybe the production was a little too different. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Opera Diva's Irksome Call Was About Jackson Film Oct 28, 2009
She has performed as Despina in "Cosi Fan Tutte," Gilda in "Rigoletto," Rosina in "The Barber of Seville," Nanetta in "Falstaff." She was selected by conductor Claudio Abbado for the role of Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni.". She has also recorded several albums, including three classical ones with orchestra and chorus -- "Sin barreras", "Il Dolce Suono" and "Reina de la Noche"-- as well as a Spanish pop opera album, "Pajaro Rebelde," her most recent, in 2007. (KIRO TV, WA)
Syracuse Opera performs 'La Bohme' this weekend Oct 22, 2009
Fox remembers going to see her first opera, "Rigoletto," during her freshman year. She said the music was pretty, but it lacked the accessibility of "La Bohme," which has a young cast and familiar themes that make it a great first opera for students. (Daily Orange, NY)
Review: Merola finale: stellar evening of song Aug 26, 2009
And although the women dominated the proceedings, there were excellent contributions from the men as well - particularly tenor Nathaniel Peake, who deployed his ringing tone and effortless phrasing, along with soprano Sara Gartland, in a splendid Act 1 duet from Verdi's "Rigoletto.". The audience favorite, to judge from an informal applause-o-meter, was bass-baritone Yohan Yi, who delivered an impassioned excerpt from Rachmaninoff's "Aleko," and baritone Michael Sumuel impressed with a casual... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Two Alaska sopranos to perform coming-out recital Aug 23, 2009
It was "Rigoletto." I vividly remember seeing the lead soprano singing while lying on her back ... Gilda in "Rigoletto" and Violetta in "La Traviata," both by Guiseppe Verdi, Susanna in "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart) and Olympia in "Tales of Hoffman" (Offenbach). (Anchorage Daily News)
Cautionary Tale Has Weak Roots Aug 15, 2009
As opera plots go, this is no "Rigoletto." Sellars presents the wispy story as a series of stylized tableaux in which solo singers interact with a trio of Indonesian classical dancers. The spare, elegant gestures of veteran dancer Rusini Sidi etch subtle cameos of Kumudha's mother and a jealous princess. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Big Sky arias: In Missoula style, opera debut isn't a formal affair Aug 1, 2009
Rigoletto, the court jester played by Rob Barefield, reacts to a curse put on him during the first act of Rigoletto, the opera presented by the Montana Lyric Opera on Thursday night at the University of Montana's University Theatre ... Before Thursday's performance of Verdi's Rigoletto, Mark Boyer had never experienced an opera from beginning to end ... Established in 2007, MLO's Rigoletto, which opened Thursday at the University of Montana's University Theater, is one of the company's first... (Missoulian, MT)
• Fine tenors, innovative strings Jun 26, 2009
Selections will include "Granada," "Besame Mucho" and "La Donna e Mobile" from "Rigoletto," as well as popular Broadway tunes such as Leonard Bernstein's "Maria" and "Tonight," Richard Rodgers' "Some Enchanted Evening," Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Memory," "Luck be a Lady," "Impossible Dream" and "Ozark Swamp Gas.". Ingham, who hosted the first Sun Valley Opera performance eight years ago in her living room, said she can't wait to hear what will be the premiere of an international tour by the two... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Leo Nucci to embrace 430th performance as Rigoletto in Beijing Jun 17, 2009
"Rigoletto" will be staged in Beijing June 18-21 ... BEIJING, June 17 -- Italian baritone Leo Nucci, hailed as the greatest living interpreter of Verdi's operas, in particular "Rigoletto", will embrace his 430th performance as Rigoletto in Beijing this week ... Nucci will lead a new production of "Rigoletto" on June 18 at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). (Xinhuanet, China)
* Good Old Operas May 30, 2009
Li, who reached the top of his profession performing the acrobatically demanding martial males roles of Beijing opera, has achieved further success in recent years with ventures into the writing and performing of new-style Beijing operas, most notably his adaptation of Verdis opera Rigoletto under the title of The Jester () in December last year. With Good Old Operas, Li has returned to some of the most traditional of Beijing operas repertoire. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
It's Figaro-ver For Downtown Opera Co. May 28, 2009
In its converted tenement on the Bowery near Second Street since 1964, the company specialized in homespun productions of such standards as "Tosca" and "Rigoletto," with an occasional foray into exotica like Boito's "Nerone.". On the postage-stamp-size stage, Amato and designer Richard Cerullo evoked locales from ancient Egypt to bohemian Paris on painted canvas. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bohemian, no rhapsody on stage of Beijing May 7, 2009
For the rest of this opera season, Puccini's Turandot will be revived from May 21-24; Bizet's Carmen May 28-30; Puccini's Madama Butterfly June 4-7 and Verdi's Rigoletto June 18-21. In between, several local revolutionary operas will provide an interesting contrast. (Xinhuanet, China)
3 Great ideas for your next 48 hours May 1, 2009
Jacqueline Bezek, from left, as Gilda, Robert Frankenberry, as the Duke, and John Myers, as Rigoletto, will perform in the opera "Rigoletto." JANET B. CAMPBELL/ ERIE TIMES-NEWS ... The Erie Opera Theatre, directed by Bruce Morton Wright, presents Rigoletto, considered one of Giuseppe Verdi's best works, tonight, 7:30, and Sunday at 2 p.m., Central Tech auditorium, 3325 Cherry St.. (Erie Times-News, PA)
May Calendar Apr 30, 2009
Free opera: Erie Opera Theatre presents "Rigoletto," 7:30 p.m., Central Career and Technical School auditorium, 3325 Cherry St. Also May 3, 2 p.m. Call 871-7755. May 2. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Opera and oratorio highlight weekend's events Apr 18, 2009
As her Pinkerton, we will hear Mauricio O'Reilly, a who has been making the rounds as Cavaradossi in Tosca, Alfredo in La Traviata, and the Duke in Rigoletto, but may also be recognized as one of the "Three American Tenors" featured on PBS a few seasons back. "Madama Butterfly," says director McKenzie, "is the 'bread and butter' of opera companies. It is one of the chestnuts the mainstay of the opera-goers appetite. Puccini's lush, exotic melodies can terrify, romance and swoop us away, while we... (NJ.com -- Times)
Slovakian heroine makes San Diego Opera debut in 'Rigoletto' Mar 26, 2009
Slovakian heroine makes San Diego Opera debut in 'Rigoletto ... L'ubica Vargicova, the soprano playing Gilda in San Diego Opera's "Rigoletto." ... Campbell heard L'ubica Vargicova that night, and now at long last, she makes her company debut on Saturday as Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto.". (North County Times)
Stars Sing The Met's Praises At Gala Mar 17, 2009
rez adorned his lithe "La donna ? mobile" from "Rigoletto" with an added high C-sharp. Less enchanting were some artists in mid-career, who sounded vocally worn (Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner in Wagner's "Siegfried") or short on stylistic nuance (Stephanie Blythe in Verdi's "Aida"). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Newly, old rich, tumble from billionaire ranks Mar 14, 2009
This summer they're staging Norma and Rigoletto. Also in msnbc. (MSNBC -- Business)
From a vault in Paris: The sound of opera in 1907 Feb 17, 2009
Gualtier Mald, from Act I of Verdi's "Rigoletto" (The Australian soprano Nellie Melba in a recording made in New York in 1907 ... The great tenor Enrico Caruso can be heard in three excerpts from Verdi and one from Donizetti and Puccini each, while the Australian soprano Nellie Melba sings a solo from "Rigoletto" and Cherubino's "Voi che sapete" from "Le Nozze di Figaro.". (International Herald Tribune)
SM Philharmonic to offer ‘La Traviata’ Feb 10, 2009
In 2008 he was the tenor soloist in Beethoven s 9th Symphony in the Valley Symphony Orchestra, sang the part of Duca de Mantua in Rigoletto at the Center Sate Opera, and as B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Redlands Bowl. Alfredo s father, Giorgio Germont, is performed by strong baritone Roberto Gomez. (Santa Maria Times)
REGION: Supervisors still spending $10M community grants fund Feb 8, 2009
High: 300,000 to the San Diego Opera for the production of Verdi's "Rigoletto". Low: 1,000 to the Joslyn Center of Rancho Bernardo. (North County Times)
