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Rigoletto-22 September 2001 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Duke of Mantua Marcelo Álvarez
Matteo Borsa
a courtier 		Peter Auty
Count Ceprano
a courtier 		Graeme Broadbent
Countess Ceprano Dervla Ramsay
Rigoletto
court jester 		Paolo Gavanelli
Marullo
a courtier 		Quentin Hayes
Count Monterone Giovan Battista Parodi
Sparafucile
a professional assassin 		Eric Halfvarson
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Christine Schäfer
Giovanna
Gilda's nurse 		Elizabeth Sikora
Page Andrea Hazell
Court usher Nigel Cliffe
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Graciela Araya
Ladies and gentlemen of the court, servants The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: David Edwards
Durations: Act I: 63 minutes, Interval: 30 minutes, Act II: 32 minutes, Act III: 35 minutes
Television - live relay : BBC 2; 22 September 2001; Director for BBC Television: Sue Judd
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 22 September 2001
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 22 September 2001 (in Royal Opera House Collections)