Verdi`s Rigoletto (Festival Premiere)

10th International Festival of the Aegean

Verdi's Rigoletto
6, 9, 11 July 2014, 20.30

The 10th Annual International Festival of the Aegean opens with Verdi's Rigoletto, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Apollo Theater which opened with a performance of this opera on April 20, 1864.

An operatic masterpiece in three acts, based on Victor Hugo's controversial play “Le rois s'amuse” which premiered in 1851 in Teatro La Fenice, Venice, with exceptional success.

Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Dirk Schattner, Stage Director
Jens Huebner, Set Design & Lighting
Eilana Lappalainen, Production Design and Casting
Rigoletto: Anooshah Golesorkhi
Gilda: Vera Chekanova
The Duke of Mantua: Michel Wade Lee
Sparafucile: Vassilis Kostopoulos
Maddalena: Eleni Davou
Giovanna: Fotini Athanasaki
Count Ceprano: Nikolas Karagiaouris
Countess Ceprano: Danielle Vaillancourt
Matteo Borsa: Won Whi Choi
Count Monterone: Sotiris Tsiantis
Α Court Usher: Markos Simopoulos
Α Page: Kailey Miller

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