Met Opera: Rigoletto

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