Cast and Creative team for Rigoletto at Mariinsky Theatre II
Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
Duke of Mantua: Dmitry Voropaev
Rigoletto: Edem Umerov
Gilda: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Sparafucile: Yuri Vorobiev
Maddalena: Natalia Yevstafieva
Count Monterone: Alexander Gerasimov
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the tragedy Le roi s´amuse by Victor Hugo
Musical Director: Gianandrea Noseda
Stage Director: Irkin Gabitov
Designer: Sergei Grachev (after sketches by Tiziano Santi)
Costume Designer: Giovanna Avanzi
Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
Lighting Adaptation for the Mariinsky II by Andrei Ponizovsky and Yegor Kartashov
Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Choreography: Alexandra Tikhomirova