Rigoletto

Washington National Opera

November 15, 2008, 1:00 pm

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Giovanni Reggioli

It takes genius like Verdi's to successfully combine true, heartfelt sentiment -- in the love between father and daughter -- with over-the-top passion and appalling violence. Rigoletto has all of that, in spades. Lyubov Petrova is a moving Gilda, and Carlos Alvarez gives a remarkable performance in the complex title role.

Cast: Carlos Alvarez (Rigoletto); Lyubov Petrova (Gilda); Joseph Calleja (Duke of Mantua); Maigoratza Walewska (Maddalena); Andrea Silvestrelli (Sparafucile); Magdalena Wor (Giovanna); Robert Cantrell (Monterone)