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Verdi: Rigoletto
Liparit Avetisyan (Duke of Mantua); Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto); Lisette Oropesa (Gilda); Brindley Sherratt (Sparafucile); Blaise Malaba (Count Ceprano); Amanda Baldwin (Countess Ceprano); Dominic Sedgwick (Marullo); Egor Zhuravskii (Borsa); Eric Greene (Count Monterone); Kseniia Nikolaieva (Giovanna); Louise Armit (Page); Ramona Zaharia (Maddalena)
Rigoletto is the sharp-tongued jester to the serial womaniser, the Duke of Matua. But when the Duke turns his seductive ways towards Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda, the jester learns that he is powerless to protect her. What follows is an epic tale of deceit, revenge and, above all, love.
Director Oliver Mears makes his Royal Opera debut with his 'thrilling new production’ (The Times ★★★★), which frames Verdi’s masterpiece as a modern morality play, pitting power against innocence in a decadent world of corruption and social decay. Antonio Pappano conducts an outstanding cast that includes an 'utterly compelling' Carlos Álvarez in the title role, Lisette Oropesa as 'a matchless Gilda' (The Guardian ★★★★) and tenor Liparit Avetisyan as the Duke of Mantua.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/11/2022
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital Stereo & DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OA1354D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/11/2022
Sound Formats: LPCM 2.0 & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OABD7303D
Conductor(s):
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra(s):
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus
Artist(s):
Liparit Avetisyan; Carlos Álvarez; Lisette Oropesa; Brindley Sherratt; Blaise Malaba; Amanda Baldwin; Dominic Sedgwick; Egor Zhuravskii; Eric Greene; Kseniia Nikolaieva; Louise Armit; Ramona Zaharia; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano
Liparit Avetisyan; Carlos Álvarez; Lisette Oropesa; Brindley Sherratt; Blaise Malaba; Amanda Baldwin; Dominic Sedgwick; Egor Zhuravskii; Eric Greene; Kseniia Nikolaieva; Louise Armit; Ramona Zaharia; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano
"Oropesa is a matchless Gilda in powerful new take on Verdi’s tragedy
... a powerful piece of theatre, strong on Shakespearean resonances and irony: we’re reminded more than once that Rigoletto is the closest we get to the King Lear that Verdi always said he wanted to write but never did.
Álvarez’s voice may have lost some of its lustre of late, but his interpretation, by turns tender, obsessive and strikingly bitter, is utterly compelling. Oropesa makes a matchless Gilda, singing with an extraordinary beauty of tone and understated depth of feeling: this really is one of the truly great performances. Avetisyan brings real seductive poetry to his music in ways that are beguiling. Pappano, meanwhile, lets the score unfold with measured intensity and sensual, yet baleful, beauty." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano was in full command of his first production of the show in three decades ...
Carlos Alvarez’s well-sung Rigoletto is suitably anguished ... the show is stolen by his daughter ... Lisette Oropesa succeeds in showing us both the virtuous flower and, with a flash of bare legs and an innocent roll on her bed, the sensual attraction she feels for the duplicitous duke." (Evening Standard ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano, showing as ever his exceptional gift for Italian opera, conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the men of a full-sized, on-stage Royal Opera Chorus – those massed voices a thrilling sight and sound in itself." (Culture Whisper ★★★★★)
"Quite apart from the gripping plot, great staging, including a terrific storm scene where flashes of lightning seem to come from all parts of the auditorium, and Verdi's magnificent music, superbly played by the ROH Orchestra conducted superbly by Antonio Pappano, we are treated to some stunningly good singing." (The Express ★★★★)
"Presided over by the Armenian tenor Liparit Avetisyan’s sweetly-sung Duke, and with Carlos Alvarez’s embittered Rigoletto setting the tone, the first act’s events unfold with cruel deliberation...
Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa’s Gilda has a fullness of tone which simply grows in beauty as she duets with the Duke, then launches into her ecstatic reverie, ‘Caro nome’...
A great evening, rapturously received." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"a strong showing for an often striking production" (Bachtrack ★★★★)
"thrilling new production... It’s all reassuringly authentic." (The Times ★★★★★)
"Alvarez’s baritone is hefty and impressive… technically she [Oropesa] is faultless, and Avetisyan’s lightish tenor is fluent and persuasive: their voices blend exquisitely. Antonio Pappano’s conducting matches the production for light and shade, and the playing is first-rate." (Opera Now ★★★★)
"The cast is strong. A high standard is set by leading coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa… The orchestral playing, usually so accomplished in this house anyway, goes up a level if he [Pappano] is on the podium… importantly we get the usual excellent production values on the disc." (Musicweb International)
"Of the three principals Lisette Oropesa as Gilda is the most stellar, delicate in her approach to the coloratura and deserving of the heartfelt response she receives from the audience... Sir Antonio Pappano conducts with his usual verve and dramatic attack...The recording is generally excellent" (Musicweb International)
... a powerful piece of theatre, strong on Shakespearean resonances and irony: we’re reminded more than once that Rigoletto is the closest we get to the King Lear that Verdi always said he wanted to write but never did.
Álvarez’s voice may have lost some of its lustre of late, but his interpretation, by turns tender, obsessive and strikingly bitter, is utterly compelling. Oropesa makes a matchless Gilda, singing with an extraordinary beauty of tone and understated depth of feeling: this really is one of the truly great performances. Avetisyan brings real seductive poetry to his music in ways that are beguiling. Pappano, meanwhile, lets the score unfold with measured intensity and sensual, yet baleful, beauty." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano was in full command of his first production of the show in three decades ...
Carlos Alvarez’s well-sung Rigoletto is suitably anguished ... the show is stolen by his daughter ... Lisette Oropesa succeeds in showing us both the virtuous flower and, with a flash of bare legs and an innocent roll on her bed, the sensual attraction she feels for the duplicitous duke." (Evening Standard ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano, showing as ever his exceptional gift for Italian opera, conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the men of a full-sized, on-stage Royal Opera Chorus – those massed voices a thrilling sight and sound in itself." (Culture Whisper ★★★★★)
"Quite apart from the gripping plot, great staging, including a terrific storm scene where flashes of lightning seem to come from all parts of the auditorium, and Verdi's magnificent music, superbly played by the ROH Orchestra conducted superbly by Antonio Pappano, we are treated to some stunningly good singing." (The Express ★★★★)
"Presided over by the Armenian tenor Liparit Avetisyan’s sweetly-sung Duke, and with Carlos Alvarez’s embittered Rigoletto setting the tone, the first act’s events unfold with cruel deliberation...
Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa’s Gilda has a fullness of tone which simply grows in beauty as she duets with the Duke, then launches into her ecstatic reverie, ‘Caro nome’...
A great evening, rapturously received." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"a strong showing for an often striking production" (Bachtrack ★★★★)
"thrilling new production... It’s all reassuringly authentic." (The Times ★★★★★)
"Alvarez’s baritone is hefty and impressive… technically she [Oropesa] is faultless, and Avetisyan’s lightish tenor is fluent and persuasive: their voices blend exquisitely. Antonio Pappano’s conducting matches the production for light and shade, and the playing is first-rate." (Opera Now ★★★★)
"The cast is strong. A high standard is set by leading coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa… The orchestral playing, usually so accomplished in this house anyway, goes up a level if he [Pappano] is on the podium… importantly we get the usual excellent production values on the disc." (Musicweb International)
"Of the three principals Lisette Oropesa as Gilda is the most stellar, delicate in her approach to the coloratura and deserving of the heartfelt response she receives from the audience... Sir Antonio Pappano conducts with his usual verve and dramatic attack...The recording is generally excellent" (Musicweb International)
Liparit Avetisyan (Duke of Mantua); Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto); Lisette Oropesa (Gilda); Brindley Sherratt (Sparafucile); Blaise Malaba (Count Ceprano); Amanda Baldwin (Countess Ceprano); Dominic Sedgwick (Marullo); Egor Zhuravskii (Borsa); Eric Greene (Count Monterone); Kseniia Nikolaieva (Giovanna); Louise Armit (Page); Ramona Zaharia (Maddalena)
Rigoletto is the sharp-tongued jester to the serial womaniser, the Duke of Matua. But when the Duke turns his seductive ways towards Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda, the jester learns that he is powerless to protect her. What follows is an epic tale of deceit, revenge and, above all, love.
Director Oliver Mears makes his Royal Opera debut with his 'thrilling new production’ (The Times ★★★★), which frames Verdi’s masterpiece as a modern morality play, pitting power against innocence in a decadent world of corruption and social decay. Antonio Pappano conducts an outstanding cast that includes an 'utterly compelling' Carlos Álvarez in the title role, Lisette Oropesa as 'a matchless Gilda' (The Guardian ★★★★) and tenor Liparit Avetisyan as the Duke of Mantua.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/11/2022
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital Stereo & DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OA1354D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/11/2022
Sound Formats: LPCM 2.0 & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OABD7303D
Conductor(s):
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra(s):
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus
Artist(s):
Liparit Avetisyan; Carlos Álvarez; Lisette Oropesa; Brindley Sherratt; Blaise Malaba; Amanda Baldwin; Dominic Sedgwick; Egor Zhuravskii; Eric Greene; Kseniia Nikolaieva; Louise Armit; Ramona Zaharia; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano
Liparit Avetisyan; Carlos Álvarez; Lisette Oropesa; Brindley Sherratt; Blaise Malaba; Amanda Baldwin; Dominic Sedgwick; Egor Zhuravskii; Eric Greene; Kseniia Nikolaieva; Louise Armit; Ramona Zaharia; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano
"Oropesa is a matchless Gilda in powerful new take on Verdi’s tragedy
... a powerful piece of theatre, strong on Shakespearean resonances and irony: we’re reminded more than once that Rigoletto is the closest we get to the King Lear that Verdi always said he wanted to write but never did.
Álvarez’s voice may have lost some of its lustre of late, but his interpretation, by turns tender, obsessive and strikingly bitter, is utterly compelling. Oropesa makes a matchless Gilda, singing with an extraordinary beauty of tone and understated depth of feeling: this really is one of the truly great performances. Avetisyan brings real seductive poetry to his music in ways that are beguiling. Pappano, meanwhile, lets the score unfold with measured intensity and sensual, yet baleful, beauty." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano was in full command of his first production of the show in three decades ...
Carlos Alvarez’s well-sung Rigoletto is suitably anguished ... the show is stolen by his daughter ... Lisette Oropesa succeeds in showing us both the virtuous flower and, with a flash of bare legs and an innocent roll on her bed, the sensual attraction she feels for the duplicitous duke." (Evening Standard ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano, showing as ever his exceptional gift for Italian opera, conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the men of a full-sized, on-stage Royal Opera Chorus – those massed voices a thrilling sight and sound in itself." (Culture Whisper ★★★★★)
"Quite apart from the gripping plot, great staging, including a terrific storm scene where flashes of lightning seem to come from all parts of the auditorium, and Verdi's magnificent music, superbly played by the ROH Orchestra conducted superbly by Antonio Pappano, we are treated to some stunningly good singing." (The Express ★★★★)
"Presided over by the Armenian tenor Liparit Avetisyan’s sweetly-sung Duke, and with Carlos Alvarez’s embittered Rigoletto setting the tone, the first act’s events unfold with cruel deliberation...
Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa’s Gilda has a fullness of tone which simply grows in beauty as she duets with the Duke, then launches into her ecstatic reverie, ‘Caro nome’...
A great evening, rapturously received." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"a strong showing for an often striking production" (Bachtrack ★★★★)
"thrilling new production... It’s all reassuringly authentic." (The Times ★★★★★)
"Alvarez’s baritone is hefty and impressive… technically she [Oropesa] is faultless, and Avetisyan’s lightish tenor is fluent and persuasive: their voices blend exquisitely. Antonio Pappano’s conducting matches the production for light and shade, and the playing is first-rate." (Opera Now ★★★★)
"The cast is strong. A high standard is set by leading coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa… The orchestral playing, usually so accomplished in this house anyway, goes up a level if he [Pappano] is on the podium… importantly we get the usual excellent production values on the disc." (Musicweb International)
"Of the three principals Lisette Oropesa as Gilda is the most stellar, delicate in her approach to the coloratura and deserving of the heartfelt response she receives from the audience... Sir Antonio Pappano conducts with his usual verve and dramatic attack...The recording is generally excellent" (Musicweb International)
... a powerful piece of theatre, strong on Shakespearean resonances and irony: we’re reminded more than once that Rigoletto is the closest we get to the King Lear that Verdi always said he wanted to write but never did.
Álvarez’s voice may have lost some of its lustre of late, but his interpretation, by turns tender, obsessive and strikingly bitter, is utterly compelling. Oropesa makes a matchless Gilda, singing with an extraordinary beauty of tone and understated depth of feeling: this really is one of the truly great performances. Avetisyan brings real seductive poetry to his music in ways that are beguiling. Pappano, meanwhile, lets the score unfold with measured intensity and sensual, yet baleful, beauty." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano was in full command of his first production of the show in three decades ...
Carlos Alvarez’s well-sung Rigoletto is suitably anguished ... the show is stolen by his daughter ... Lisette Oropesa succeeds in showing us both the virtuous flower and, with a flash of bare legs and an innocent roll on her bed, the sensual attraction she feels for the duplicitous duke." (Evening Standard ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano, showing as ever his exceptional gift for Italian opera, conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the men of a full-sized, on-stage Royal Opera Chorus – those massed voices a thrilling sight and sound in itself." (Culture Whisper ★★★★★)
"Quite apart from the gripping plot, great staging, including a terrific storm scene where flashes of lightning seem to come from all parts of the auditorium, and Verdi's magnificent music, superbly played by the ROH Orchestra conducted superbly by Antonio Pappano, we are treated to some stunningly good singing." (The Express ★★★★)
"Presided over by the Armenian tenor Liparit Avetisyan’s sweetly-sung Duke, and with Carlos Alvarez’s embittered Rigoletto setting the tone, the first act’s events unfold with cruel deliberation...
Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa’s Gilda has a fullness of tone which simply grows in beauty as she duets with the Duke, then launches into her ecstatic reverie, ‘Caro nome’...
A great evening, rapturously received." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"a strong showing for an often striking production" (Bachtrack ★★★★)
"thrilling new production... It’s all reassuringly authentic." (The Times ★★★★★)
"Alvarez’s baritone is hefty and impressive… technically she [Oropesa] is faultless, and Avetisyan’s lightish tenor is fluent and persuasive: their voices blend exquisitely. Antonio Pappano’s conducting matches the production for light and shade, and the playing is first-rate." (Opera Now ★★★★)
"The cast is strong. A high standard is set by leading coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa… The orchestral playing, usually so accomplished in this house anyway, goes up a level if he [Pappano] is on the podium… importantly we get the usual excellent production values on the disc." (Musicweb International)
"Of the three principals Lisette Oropesa as Gilda is the most stellar, delicate in her approach to the coloratura and deserving of the heartfelt response she receives from the audience... Sir Antonio Pappano conducts with his usual verve and dramatic attack...The recording is generally excellent" (Musicweb International)
