RIGOLETTO

Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role at the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua. Maestro Daniele Rustioni leads Verdi’s timeless tragedy reset in 1920s Europe by Tony-winning director Bartlett ...

Great Performances at the Met Returns with New Season Beginning February 6 on PBS   Season 16 features Metropolitan Opera stars Angel Blue, Isabel Leonard, Lise Davidsen, René Pape, Matthew Polenzani, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Eric Owens, Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, Piotr Beczała, Liudmyla Monastyrska and more.  In Season 16, Great Performances at ...

Paul Cremo of the Metropolitan Opera tells us what it's like to be a dramaturg and the specific challenges and rewards of modernizing the titles for Michael Mayer's new production of Rigoletto,  set in 1960s Las Vegas, which some audience members are calling the "Rat ...

The Act 1 Duet at the final dress rehearsal of "Rigoletto" with Diana Damrau as Gilda and Zeljko Lucic as Rigoletto. "Rigoletto" airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m.

Diana Damrau performs "Caro nome" from Verdi's "Rigoletto" which airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m.

Piotr Beczala performs the Duke's aria from Act I of Verdi's "Rigoletto." "Rigoletto" airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m.

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The new staging moves the opera’s tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960. Great ...

Directed by Marco Bellocchio, Rigoletto from Mantua stars Placido Domingo in the baritone title role of Rigoletto; Julia Novikova as his innocent daughter Gilda; Vittorio Grigolo as the womanizing Duke; and Ruggero Raimondi as the assassin Sparafucile. The film is recorded in in the Renaissance ...

In this clip from Rigoletto from Mantua, a filmic adaptation of the opera starring Placido Domingo, tenor Vittorio Grigolo as the womanizing Duke of Mantua sings the well known classic canzone, "La Donna e Mobile," known as showcase for operatic tenors. Rigoletto from Mantua airs ...

Directed by Marco Bellocchio, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto from Mantua stars Placido Domingo as Rigoletto; Julia Novikova as his daughter Gilda; Vittorio Grigolo as the Duke; and Ruggero Raimondi as the assassin Sparafucile. Recorded in Mantua, Italy and broadcast live around the world on September 4 ...