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Verdi: RIGOLETTO
Opera in 3 Acts (Sung in Italian with Japanese Supertitles)
OPERA HOUSE |
| <STAFF> |
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| Libretto by |
: Francesco Maria Piave |
| Music by |
: Giuseppe Verdi |
| Artistic Director |
: Kiyoshi Igarashi |
| Production Director |
: Yoshinobu Kuribayashi |
| Conductor |
: Antonio Pirolli |
| Stage Director |
: Alberto Fassini |
| Set and Costume Designer |
: Alessandro Ciammarughi |
| Lighting Designer |
: Mutsumi Isono |
| Chorus Master |
: Mitsugi Oikawa |
| Choreographer |
: Marta Ferri |
| Stage Manager |
: Takahiro Sugahara |
| Assistant Stage Directors |
: Joseph Lee / Michiko Taguchi / Yasuko Sawada |
Assistant Conductors
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: Tetsuya Kawahara / Masahiro Joya / Jun Fujimoto
/ Masaharu Okazaki |
| Chorus |
: New National Theatre Chorus / Nikikai Chorus Group |
| Ballet |
: Tokyo City Ballet |
| Orchestra |
: The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
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| Presented by |
: New National Theatre, Tokyo / Nikikai Opera Foundation |
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| <CAST> |
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| February 2001 |
Monday 5
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Wednesday 7 |
Friday 9 |
Sunday 11 |
Monday 12 |
Wednesday 14 |
| Rigoletto |
Giancarlo Pasquetto |
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X |
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X |
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X |
| Masato Makino |
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X |
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X |
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| Gilda |
Victoria Loukianetz |
X |
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X |
X |
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X |
| Yuko Kamahora |
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X |
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X |
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| Il Duca di Mantova |
Marcelo Alvarez |
X |
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X |
X |
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X |
| Kosuke Taguchi |
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X |
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X |
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| Sparafucile |
Akira Hasegawa |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Tsutomu Wakabayashi |
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X |
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X |
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X |
| Maddalena |
Akemi Sakamoto |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Keiko Nishi |
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X |
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X |
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X |
Il Conte
di Monterone |
Hiroshi Kudo |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Yuji Ogawa |
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X |
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X |
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| Giovanna |
Asako Yoda |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Yukimi Akiyama |
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X |
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X |
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X |
| Marullo |
Kenichi Matsuo |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Takehiko Maiya |
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X |
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X |
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X |
| Borsa |
Mitsuhiko Ono |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Iwao Onuki |
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X |
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X |
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X |
Il Conte
di Ceprano |
Toru Kanomata |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Masamichi Yabunishi |
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X |
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X |
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X |
La Contessa
di Ceprano |
Mami Koshigoe |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Yuka Hashizume |
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X |
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X |
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| Paggio |
Chie Soutome |
X |
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| Nami Kobayashi |
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| <PERFORMANCES> |
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| February 2001 |
Monday 5 |
Wednesday 7 |
Friday 9 |
Sunday 11 |
Monday 12 |
Wednesday 14 |
| 3:00pm |
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| 6:30pm |
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Doors will open 60 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Small lectures on this opera will be presented 45 minutes before the curtain time. |
| <ADVANCE TICKETS> |
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Available from Saturday 28 October, 2000 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://t.pia.co.jp/
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/ |
| <TICKET PRICES> |
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| Type |
Seat S |
Seat A |
Seat B |
Seat C |
Seat D |
Seat E |
| Price |
¥18,900 |
¥15,750 |
¥12,600 |
¥9,450 |
¥6,300 |
¥3,150 |
Seat Z(¥1,500) is sold only on the performance day at the Box Office and a part of Ticket Pia Offices.
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second production to commemorate the Verdi year is RIGOLETTO - the more refined
version will be presented in response to the favorable reception for the previous
performances.
The year 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) as well as the 150th anniversary of the premiere of RIGOLETTO. The New National Theatre, Tokyo is pleased to present RIGOLETTO as the second production in the Verdi series for this double landmark year. This opera allocates famous arias to each of the unique characters: the Duke Mantova, who leads a dissipated and villainous life by the power of his wealth and authority; Rigoletto, who is in public life a jester that sells his favors to the Duke and in private life lavishes his fatherly love on his daughter; and Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter, who is naive and loves her father with all her heart. Together with its closely constructed plot, this opera shall never fail to deeply move the audience. With a completely new cast of singers, you will enjoy a more refined performance of RIGOLETTO than the previous one presented in June 2000.
Synopsis
Mantova in northern Italy in the 16th century. The Duke 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.
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