![]() Verdi's indelible masterpiece is the vivid profile of a bitter old man who mistakenly murders the one person who brings joy to his life.Ĭast: Stig Anderson (Tannhauser) Tina Kiberg (Elisabeth) Michelle De Young (Venus) Guido Paevatalu (Wolfram) Stephen Milling (Landgraf) LA Opera presents a splendidly balanced double-bill: Bartók's horrific opera about a mysterious Duke and his bride, who finds more than skeletons in her new husband's closets and Puccini's dark comedy, featuring a gaggle of schemers and a con-artist who recreates their rich, but quite dead, relative.Ĭast: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Rigoletto) Laura Claycomb (Gilda) Roberto Aronica (Duke of Mantua) Raymond Aceto (Sparafucile) Stephanie Novacek (Maddalena) George Cordes (Monterone) Gianni Schicchi: Samuel Ramey (Gianni Schicchi) Danielle De Niese (Lauretta) Rolando Villazon (Rinuccio) Rosalind Elias (Zita) Tony Dillon (Simone) Jessica Rivera (Nella) Roberto Iarussi (Gherardo) Their seven featured productions range from the comedy of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, to the spectacle of Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah, to the classic tragedy of Verdi's great Rigoletto - portrayed by all-star casts including Denyce Graves, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Catherine Malfitano.ĬASTS: Bluebeard: Samuel Ramey (Duke Bluebeard) Denyce Graves (Judith) Then, it's World of Opera's annual "season within a season," from one of America's premiere opera companies, the Houston Grand. The 2002 season of NPR WORLD OF OPERA continues, leading off with a fascinating double bill from Los Angeles Opera, featuring Samuel Ramey as both the bloody Duke Bluebeard, and the darkly comical Gianni Schicchi. ![]()
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