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Rigoletto
Rigoletto is paid to keep his master laughing, but the Duke’s lechery for the innocent Gilda turns Rigoletto from spiteful joker to desperate father. Verdi paints his characters’ transformations with a cascade of brilliant arias and ensembles, in a return of one of Opera Australia’s best-loved productions.
Opera Australia is thrilled to welcome back one of Britain's most distinguished baritones to make his Australian role debut. Alan Opie is a regular guest at New York's Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Milan and the Royal Opera House. He now brings his celebrated interpretation of Rigoletto to the Sydney Opera House for the first time.
The award winning Opera Australia Chorus is ready to launch into Verdi's rousing choruses, Emma Matthews plays Gilda, and in the role of the dangerously sexy Duke of Mantua we introduce Australian tenor Paul O'Neill. As for the deadly assassin Sparafucile, the dark voiced David Parkin, winner of Operatunity Oz, steps back into the role as a fully fledged member of the Opera Australia ensemble.
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Venue: Opera Theatre
Dates: 18 September – 4 November
Duration: two hours and forty-five minutes including two twenty-minute intervals.
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