5/11/2023 0 Comments Rigoletto met opera![]() Feola’s Gilda practically trembles with pent-up longing. When the Duke, pretending to be a poor student, romances her, Ms. ![]() Feola to tease out contemporary resonances from Gilda’s character.įrom the start, you could sense how exasperated this restless Gilda was with her smothering father, the jester Rigoletto (the baritone George Gagnidze), who tries to keep her in seclusion at home. In fact, the contemporary trappings allowed Ms. ![]() She seemed at home in Michael Mayer’s garishly colorful production, which sets the story in 1960s Las Vegas, with the Duke (the tenor Matthew Polenzani, in excellent voice) presented as a sort of headliner on the strip. Depending on the dramatic urgency of the moment, she would inflect a phrase with an earthy, even steely sheen. There was nothing generic about the beauty of her singing. She dispatched coloratura runs and filigree with ease and agility. Feola has a warm, full-bodied voice with natural bloom and a touch of darkening richness. The performance on May 1 was broadcasted live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on SiriusXM channel 75. ![]() The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus This production of Rigoletto is set in Las Vegas, 1960ĭuke of Mantua: Matthew Polenzani, Stephen Costello (10) Performance of (and at) the Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY, USA Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo ![]()
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