Both Florez and Diana Damrau brought their bel canto expertise and superb vocalism to the service of Verdi's music. The Rigoletto, Zeljko Lucic, ran the gamut from tenderness with his Gilda to thundering fury with everyone else. I also liked the production. At first, when Rigoletto was putting on his grease paint during the overture, I was afraid that it might be a typical "Euro-trash" production, with a bit of warmed over I Pagliacci. But the sets and dramatic action really served the music and libretto. I would have to say that I came to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the story and characters as a result of seeing this performance.
Genre: Music
Stars: Juan Diego Flórez, Željko Lučić, Diana Damrau, Georg Zeppenfeld, Christa Mayer, Angela Liebold
Crew: Giuseppe Verdi (Original Music Composer), Francesco Maria Piave (Writer), Victor Hugo (Original Story), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (Director), Andreas Morell (Director)
Country: France, Germany
Language: Italiano
Studio: Virgin Vision
Runtime: 118 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 21, 2008
IMDb: 5
Keywords:opera live performance
