Miami performances are at the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami.

Fort Lauderdale performances are at the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale.

Children must be at least six years old to attend.

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

The deformed court jester Rigoletto is famous for mocking the husbands of the women the Duke has seduced. When Rigoletto's own daughter, whom he has kept carefully hidden, falls victim, he vows to have revenge. But repaying evil with evil goes horribly wrong, and Rigoletto learns that he has reaped what he has sown. This first work of Verdi's maturity began a series of masterpieces that would come to define Italian grand opera. Rigoletto has continued to fascinate and thrill audiences for more than 150 years.

Outstanding American baritone Mark Walters returns to FGO in the title role. Fresh from his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, tenor Michael Fabiano appears as the Duke with, as his victim Gilda, the award-winning soprano Nadine Sierra.

Cast

Rigoletto
Mark Walters

The Duke of Mantua
Michael Fabiano

Gilda
Nadine Sierra

Count Monterone
Joo Won Kang

Sparafucile
Kevin Langan

Maddalena
Dana Beth Miller

Marullo
Ryan Milstead

Borsa
Jason Ferrante

Count Ceprano
Craig Colclough

Countess Ceprano
Courtney McKeown

A Page
Brittany Ann Reneé Robinson

Conductor
Andrew Bisantz

Stage Director
Jeffrey Marc Buchman

Choreographer
Rosa Mercedes

Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.

Photo by Ken Howard for San Diego Opera

This production is made possible by a generous gift from Stephen Keller and Lesleen Bolt in loving memory of Stephen.