Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi

Željko Lučić sings the pinnacle role of the Italian baritone repertory in Michael Mayer’s electrifying production set in 1960 in a Las Vegas casino.

Tenor Piotr Beczala as the licentious Duke. Nadine Sierra is Gilda, Rigoletto’s innocent daughter pursued by the callous Duke.

Conductor: Roberto Abbado

Cast:

Rigoletto: Željko Lučić  
Gilda: Nadine Sierra  
Duke of Mantua: Piotr Beczala  
Maddalena: Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Sparafucile: Dimitry Ivashchenko

Start time: 10:00 AM on Capital Public Radio.
Approximate running time 3 hrs. 6 min