Theatre: Theatre "Vanemuine"
Playwright's name: Giuseppe Verdi
Director's name: Taisto Noor
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave (based onVictor Hugo's drama "The King Takes His Amusement")
Translators: Udo Väljaots, Eino Uuli
Musical director and conductor: Lauri Sirp
Conductor: Toomas Vavilov
Artist: Aime Unt
Light design: Andres Sarv
Choreographer: Rufina Noor
Cast: Kristian Benedikt (Lithuania), Eduards Cudakovs (Latvia), Atlan Karp, Alla Popova, Viktoria Stauelyte (Lithuania), Angelika Mikk, Valentina Kremen, Jovita Vaskeviciute (Lithuania), Karmen Puis, Märt Jakobson, Taisto Noor, Taavi Tampuu, Tõnu Kattai, Jaan Willem Sibul, Merle Jalakas, Aivar Kaseste, Silja Lani, Katrin Kapinus, Helen Hansberg, Laili Jõgiaas, Siiri Koodres, Maire Saar, Ave Terasmaa, Luule Veziko, Anne Vilt
This is a story of blind love, betrayal, and revenge. Court jester Rigoletto tries to protect his daughter Gilda from the evil world. Unfortunately he fails to notice how his means in this fight have become inhuman. Blinded by his desire for revenge he sacrifices his own daughter.
Verdi's Rigoletto premiered on 11 March 1851 in Teatro La Fenice, in Venice. The opera is regarded as pivotal in Italian opera history. From the beginning Rigoletto has been extremely successful: it is claimed to be the best Italian musical drama since Monteverdi and is still performed in opera theatres across the world. In Theatre Vanemuine Rigoletto is staged for the fifth time.
