Paramount Presents: Met Live in HD Encore – Verdi’s Rigoletto (from February 16, 2013)
Limited Capacity Event: 100 of 1041 seats available
Giuseppe Verdi
ENCORE Performance Broadcast
Sung in: Italian
World premiere: Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 1851.
Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. Piotr Beczala is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. ?eljko Lucic sings Rigoletto, his sidekick and comedian, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter, Gilda. When she is seduced by the Duke, Rigoletto sets out on a tragic course of murderous revenge. Štefan Kocán is the assassin Sparafucile and Michele Mariotti conducts.
Date and Time
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
October 10, 2020 / 1:00PM
Location
The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Fees/Admission
Contact Information
The Paramount Theater Box Office
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