Opera
Ballet & Dance
Drama

Rigoletto

2008/2009 Season Opera
[Repertory]

Giuseppe Verdi :Rigoletto

<Opera in 3 Acts>
<Sung in Italian with Japanese supertitles>

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STAFF
Conductor : Daniele Callegari
Production : Alberto Fassini
Scenery & Costume Design : Alessandro Ciammarughi
Lighting Design : Isono Mutsumi
Choreographer : Marta Ferri
     
Revival Director : Tagucni Michiko
Repetiteur : Ishii Kiyoko
Stage Manager : Murata Kensuke

CAST
Rigoletto : Lado Ataneli
Gilda : Annick Massis
Il Duca di Mantova : Shalva Mukeria
Sparafucile : Hasegawa Akira
Maddalena : Moriyama Kyoko
Il Conte di Monterone : Kobayashi Yoshiki
Giovanna : Yamashita Makiko
Marullo : Maiya Takehiko
Borsa : Kamoshita Minoru
Il Conte di Ceprano : Osawa Ken
La Contessa di Ceprano : Kinoshita Shuko
Paggio : Suzuki Manami
Un usciere : Sannohe Hirohisa
     
Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

PERFORMANCES
October/November
2008
25 28 31 3
Sat Tue Fri Mon
2:00 X X   X
7:00     X  
Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.

ADVANCE TICKETS
 

Available from Saturday 5 July, 2008 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://pia.jp/t
http://eplus.jp/


TICKET PRICES (with tax)
  S A B C D Z
Price(yen) 21,000 15,750 10,500 6,300 3,150 1,500
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This production had the premiere in June 2000 and this occasion is the second revival. Alberto Fassini, the producer of this production, who passed away, staged this tragedy masterfully in his traditional style. The title role is performed by Lado Ataneli, whose success as Iago in the Tokyo Opera Nomori production of “Otello” is still vivid in our memory. He will appear again after his house debut as Germont in “La traviata” in June 2008. Il duca di Mantova will be performed by a fast rising star, Shalva Mukeria. Danielle Callegari, who conducted “Don Carlo” in 2001 with a huge success, will be making his second appearance at NNTT.

Synopsis

Mantova in northern Italy in the 16th century. The Duke of Mantova, the lord of the manor, is busy philandering as he seduces Countess Ceprano at a ball. Rigoletto, his jester, helps the Duke to satisfy his desire, but Count Monterone, whose daughter was dishonorably seduced by the Duke, appears and curses Rigoletto, shouting, "You will pay dearly for your sins before long." Meanwhile, courtiers for the Duke Mantova, who suppose Gilda to be Rigoletto's kept mistress, kidnap her out of their long-cherished vengeance on Rigoletto and present her to the Duke. In a rage, Rigoletto engages Sparafucile, a professional assassin, to kill the Duke. Having learned this, Gilda immediately decides to sacrifice herself and falls victim to the assassin's dagger. Rigoletto, having received a sack containing a corpse in exchange for money, is appalled to hear the Duke singing cheerfully from a distance. He hastily opens the sack only to find the dead body of his beloved daughter.

<Conductor>
Daniele Callegari
Daniele Callegari

Lado Ataneli Annick Massis Shalva Mukeria Hasegawa Akira Moriyama Kyoko
(Rigoletto)
Lado Ataneli
(Gilda)
Annick Massis
(Il Duca di Mantova)
Shalva Mukeria
(Sparafucile)
Hasegawa Akira
(Maddalena)
Moriyama Kyoko

Lado Ataneli Annick Massis Shalva Mukeria Hasegawa Akira Moriyama Kyoko
(Il Conte di Monterone)
Kobayashi Yoshiki
(Giovanna)
Yamashita Makiko
(Marullo)
Maiya Takehiko
(Borsa)
Kamoshita Minoru
(Il Conte di Ceprano)
Osawa Ken

Lado Ataneli Annick Massis Shalva Mukeria
(La Contessa di Ceprano)
Kinoshita Shuko
(Paggio)
Suzuki Manami
(Un usciere)
Sannohe Hirohisa




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