Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden

Overview

Both Florez and Diana Damrau brought their bel canto expertise and superb vocalism to the service of Verdi's music. The Rigoletto, Zeljko Lucic, ran the gamut from tenderness with his Gilda to thundering fury with everyone else. I also liked the production. At first, when Rigoletto was putting on his grease paint during the overture, I was afraid that it might be a typical "Euro-trash" production, with a bit of warmed over I Pagliacci. But the sets and dramatic action really served the music and libretto. I would have to say that I came to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the story and characters as a result of seeing this performance.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 21, 2008

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

France, Germany

Production

Virgin,Virgin Vision

Cast

Markus Marquardt,Željko Lučić,Markus Butter,Fabio Luisi,Georg Zeppenfeld,Angela Liebold,Juan Diego Flórez,Diana Damrau,Kyung-Hae Kang,Christa Mayer

Director

Andreas Morell,Nikolaus Lehnhoff

Writer

Victor Hugo,Francesco Maria Piave

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2075295