Rigoletto at Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Dates: (10/11/2016 - 11/24/2016 )
Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre |
46a, Lenina str.
Ekaterinburg,Sverdlovsk Oblast 620000
Phone: +7 (343) 350-80-57
Tickets: 150 ??? - 1000 ???
Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
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ACT ONE
Scene One
Night Festival at Duke. The hall is full of men and women discharged. The Duke of fun surrounded by close friends. In the felt promiscuity, holiday little looks like an orgy. Duke Borso bragging to approximate their new love affair: three months he visited the temple and watching the young stranger. Bors drew his attention to the girls in the audience.
The Duke decides to withdraw from under the nose of Count Ceprano his wife. Rigoletto mocks Count Ceprano and then advises the Duke to abduct Countess night. Marullo, approached the Duke, rumors that Rigoletto has a mistress, which he carefully conceals. Ceprano Rigoletto decides to take revenge for his malicious attacks and gathers all offended.
In the midst of holiday fun suddenly appears Count Monterone. He came to bring to justice the Duke of shame of the daughter. In order to please the owner, Rigoletto mocks humiliated father. Enraged Monterone curses the Duke and jester. Monterone is taken into custody. Duke continues the fun and Rigoletto leaves holiday.
Scene Two
Humiliated Rigoletto returns home. His frightening appearance of a stranger Sparafucile, who offers his services of an assassin. House meets Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. Internal anxiety this evening Rigoletto does not find a common language with her daughter. He can not escape from them have occurred since the events at the festival. Rigoletto instructs the maid Giovanna protect Gilda, and do not let her leave the house.
Left alone, Gilda remembers a young man with whom she is often seen in the temple. The maid, bribed Duke, let him in the house. Appearing before the girl, she plays the Duke of itself in love of the poor student. The noise on the street forced the Duke to escape.
The house Rigoletto going rabid crowd of courtiers. They are conceived to steal lover clown. Rigoletto returns home to finish the conversation with her daughter. Near his house he encounters Marullo, which offers Rigoletto to participate in their prank - stealing the Countess Ceprano. Jester with passion involved in a false "masquerade". The courtiers abduct Gilda. Rigoletto realizes that no fraud stole the Countess Ceprano, and his daughter.
ACT TWO
Lodging of Duke. He was furious: Someone stole the girl that he wanted to get. Duke is ready to take revenge on cruel captor. The court, trying to cheer him, tell of night adventure. Duke understands that we are talking about Rigoletto's daughter, and at the same time on the coveted stranger. He goes to the room where the conspirators hid the girl. Rigoletto appears and greets the crowd of courtiers. He tries to go to the Duke, in the hope that he will help him find his daughter. The court jester is not allowed in the master bedroom. Beginning Page and said that Duke is waiting for the Duchess. From remarks by Page and court Rigoletto realizes that the Duke is now with his daughter. Gilda runs out of the chambers of the Duke. Rigoletto in despair suffered an innocent child for his actions. He decides to avenge the shame of his daughter.
ACT THREE
A month passed. Night. Wanting to convince the daughter to change her lover, Rigoletto brings Gilda to Sparafucile home. Gilda is in despair, seeing Duke's courtship of Maddalena, sister bandit. Rigoletto, consoling daughter, he promises revenge. He forces her to leave the city. Jester Sparafucile agrees with the murder of his master. Maddalena keen Duke. She begs his brother to spare her lover to kill the first person who comes into the house until midnight, and the body to give to the customer. Gilda to Sparafucile returns home and hears a terrible conversation. It strongly enters the house of the murderer and receives a mortal wound.
At midnight Rigoletto returns. Upon receipt of the bag with the corpse Sparafucile, Rigoletto was going to throw it into the river. Suddenly, in the distance, he heard the familiar voice of Duke. Rigoletto opens the bag and finds his daughter killed. Distraught with grief jester realizes that everything that happened - the price paid for his work. With horror he recalled the unfortunate father, Monterone.
- Francesco Maria Piave
- Giuseppe Verdi
Authors
Cast and Creative team for Rigoletto at Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Musical Director and Conductor - winner of the "Golden Mask" Paul Klinichev
Director - Igor Ushakov
Production designer - Alexey Kondratiev
Costume - winner of the "Golden Mask" award Irena Belousova
Lighting Design - Yevgeny Vinogradov
Choirmaster - Angelica Grozin
Choreography - Anna Abalikhina
Director - Igor Ushakov
Production designer - Alexey Kondratiev
Costume - winner of the "Golden Mask" award Irena Belousova
Lighting Design - Yevgeny Vinogradov
Choirmaster - Angelica Grozin
Choreography - Anna Abalikhina
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