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RIGOLETTO - Opera in CInema

Considered one of Giuseppe Verdis greatest accomplishments, and certainly his most touching portrayal of a father-daughter relationship, Rigoletto continues to marvel audiences worldwide with its tragic plot and its trademark Arias (La donna e mobile, Caro nome, Cortigiani vil razza dannata).

This production from Italys most important Festival entirely dedicated to Verdi is conducted by Massimo Zanetti, who was voted Best Young Conductor in 1997 by Opernwelt and also by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 1998. Since then, he has enjoyed an international reputation as one of the most exciting conductors of his generation.

Maestro Leo Nucci (possibly the greatest Italian baritone working today) sings the title role, a role he has played over 400 times and one that allows him to fully showcase his extraordinary talent. In January 2008, as he sang his 400th performance in Piacenza, the audience was so blown away that Maestro Nucci had to give three encores of Rigolettos Aria Si Vendetta, Tremenda Vendetta.

With new soprano sensation Nino Maichaidze as Rigolettos daughter Gilda, tenor Francesco Demuro in the part of the Duca and the beautiful classic sets of the great Pierluigi Samaritani (who worked for the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala and ABT before his premature death in 1994) this certainly promises to be a production to remember.