RigolettoMovie
Live recording at Royal Opera House, 22 September, 2001. Television live relay. In one of the Royal Opera’s most celebrated and popular productions, director David McVicar mixes lavish historical costumes and dark stylized settings to highlight the savagery and excitement of Verdi’s tale of misdirected revenge. Paolo Gavanelli is vocally and theatrically electrifying as the hunchback anti-hero, acclaimed soprano Christine Schäfer is his doomed daughter, and superstar tenor Marcelo Alvarez is her fickle lover. With superb playing from the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, it adds up to a thrilling Rigoletto for both opera aficionados and newcomers.
About Rigoletto
Rigoletto is a 2001 music movie directed by David McVicar, Sue Judd.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 49m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of IT.
The credited cast includes Paolo Gavanelli, Marcelo Álvarez, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Eric Halfvarson. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
