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Rigoletto
Based On

the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2016-2017
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Head of Wig and Makeup

Cast

Duke of Mantua
Matteo Borsa
Countess Ceprano
Count Ceprano
Rigoletto
Marullo
Count Monterone
Sparafucile
Gilda
Nino Machaidze(06/14/2017 Acts I & II)
Maria Valdes(06/14/2017 Act III)
Giovanna
Page
Maddalena

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/5/2017 delayed broadcast, KDFC.

Time and Place

TIME AND PLACE: Sixteenth-century Mantua and vicinity

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1: The Duke's palace
Act I, Scene 2: A street
Intermission
Act II: A room in the ducal palace
Act III: Sparafucile's inn

Media

Sponsors

Rigoletto is made possible, in part, by Bernard and Barbro Osher.

Maestro Luisotti's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Conductors Fund.

Mr. Kelsey's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund from Joan and David Traitel.

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges June 6 Performance Sponsor, Meyer Sound.

Legacy Commission

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Notes

11/5/2017 delayed broadcast, KDFC.

San Francisco Opera production

SUPER NUMERARIES:
Courtiers, nobles, guards
Jim Bowes
Mark Burstein
Richard Casse
James Crow
Eric Dew
Steve Lavezzoli
Gilbert Martinez

On 06/14/2017, Ms. Machaidze, after Act II, was unable to complete the performance. Ms. Maria Valdes (cover Gilda) performed the role for Act III.