Eliconie

27 and 29 August - h. 20.00

G. Verdi: RIGOLETTO
opera
V naslovni vlogi / Starring:
Leo Nucci, bariton / baritone
Opera Carlo Felice iz Genove / Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa
Gianluca Marcianò, dirigent / conductor
Rolando Panerai, režiser / director
Regina Schrecker, kostumografija / costume design
Giovanni Di Cicco, koreografija / choreography

Zasedba / Cast:
Leo Nucci, Rigoletto
Marija Mudrjak, Gilda
Celso Albelo, vojvoda Mantovski / Duke of Mantua
Dario Russo, Mihailo Sljivic, Sparafucile
Anastasija Boldireva, Kamelia Kader, Maddalena
Anna Venturi, Ala Gorobčenko, Giovanna
Stefano Rinaldi Miliani, grof Monterone / Count Monterone
Claudio Ottino, Marullo
Aldo Orsolini, Borsa
Giuseppe De Luca, grof Ceprano / Count Ceprano
Ala Gorobčenko, Simona Pasino, grofica Ceprano / Countess Ceprano
Alessio Bianchini, Loris Purpura, sodni sluga / a court usher
Annarita Cecchini, paž / a page

The opera company of Genoa’s famous Teatro Carlo Felice are set to leave a lasting impression with their staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In 1850 the Teatro La Fenice in Venice commissioned Giuseppe Verdi to compose a new opera. The composer set to work with librettist Francesco Maria Piave, with whom he had already created several operas. The libretto of Rigoletto, a tragic opera in three acts, is based on Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse, and fell foul of the censors because of its portrayal of the immorality of the king. Following changes to the libretto, the opera was finally premiered a year later. Today Rigoletto is a mainstay of the operatic repertoire. It received its first Slovene performance in Ljubljana on 19 November 1896. The opera is perhaps most notable for the Duke’s cynical aria „La donna è mobile”, an eminently hummable tune that would become very popular among the gondoliers of Venice. The title role of the thoughtless court jester Rigoletto is sung by the celebrated Italian baritone Leo Nucci, a famous Verdi interpreter who has appeared more than 400 times in the role of Rigoletto alone.
“Now in its 66th season, the Ljubljana Festival is once again promising us a programme of the very highest quality, reaffirming its central position in the network of summer music and theatre festivals across Europe. In this context, the Italian Embassy in Ljubljana, in conjunction with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, is delighted to have the opportunity to support this staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto by Genoa’s prestigious Teatro Carlo Felice. This event, made possible by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will take place in the broader context of the rich series of Italian musical events in this year’s Festival programme, under the honorary patronage of the Italian Embassy. In this way we aim to draw attention to the excellent relations existing between Italy and Slovenia in the cultural sphere. At the same time I note with pleasure the recent entry into force of the agreement between the governments of Italy and Slovenia on cooperation in the fields of culture and education. I therefore wish all festival goers a thoroughly enjoyable experience at this 2018 edition of the Ljubljana Festival, which promises to be a memorable one.”
Paolo Trichilo, italijanski veleposlanik v Sloveniji / Italian Ambassador to Slovenia

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