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Thursday, June 17, 2010

San Antonio Opera presents Verdi's Rigoletto this weekend...

http://www.saopera.com/rigoletto/

Rigoletto
By Guiseppe Verdi
Friday June 18 at 8:00 PM
Saturday June 19 at 8:00 PM
Sunday June 20 at 2:00 PM
Location:
Municipal Auditorium
Street:
100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi's tragic classic is the story of the cursed court jester whose obsession to revenge his violated daughter's honor turns viciously against him. Its familiar music includes the arias "Caro nome" and "La donna e mobile." Incensed by the rapacious Duke of Mantua's seduction of his beloved daughter Gilda, Rigoletto plots the duke's assassination. But Gilda, hopelessly in love, sacrifices herself to save the duke. The curtain falls as Rigoletto in a horrifying mistake causes Gilda's death and in despair embraces his dying daughter. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Cast
Rigoletto: Daniel Sutin
Gilda: Audrey Elizabeth Luna
Duca: Michael Wade Lee
Maddalena: Dana Beth Miller
Sparafucile: Matthew Trevino
Count Ceprano: Brace Negron
Countess Ceprano: Crystal Jarrell
Monterone: Matthew Arnold
Marullo: Ryan Kuster
Borsa: Jeffery Halili
Giovanna: Diane Jiminez
Paggio: Crytsal Jarrell
Usher: Carlos Saenz



Conductor Enrique Patron de Rueda
Director Sam Mungo

http://www.saopera.com/single_tickets/