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    EHS chorus attends Mississippi opera  Dec 4, 2008
    The Eupora Jr. High and High School chorus recently had the opportunity to visit Thalia Mara Hall and see the opera "Rigoletto.". Mississippi Opera offers a free opera matinee to students twice a year. (Webster Progress-Times, MS)

    Conductor dies suddenly  Nov 25, 2008
    "I don't read much of the coverage, I'm afraid." Beresford said he first worked with Hickox at the Los Angeles Opera in 2000 where he had conducted Beresford's production of Rigoletto. It was at Hickox's suggestion that Beresford directed an acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire for Opera Australia in Sydney in 2007, which will be produced in Melbourne next year. (The Age)

    'Rigoletto' : Miss. Opera opens season with a classic blockbuster  Nov 10, 2008
    Constantinos Yiannoudes wraps Sarah Jane McMahon in his arms in a heartfelt "father-daughter" moment in rehearsal for Rigoletto ... Verdi's Rigoletto, a tragic Italian opera alive with colorful personalities and music to match, opens the Mississippi Opera season with a Saturday night performance at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson ... Rigoletto features a full orchestra of local instrumentalists and a chorus 24 members strong. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Dancing toward darkness  Nov 9, 2008
    Achievements include: Staging new productions of "Tosca," "Trovatore," "Zauberflote" and other established operas for several east coast companies and mounting New York revivals of "Carmen," "Rigoletto," "Merry Widow," "Mefistofele" and "Die Tote Stadt.". What you wouldn't guess: As an aspiring soprano, she once worked in the gift shop at the Metropolitan Opera. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Gail Robinson, at 62; teacher was soprano at Metropolitan Opera  Oct 23, 2008
    As her career continued she sang with the Met, Berlin State Opera, Munich State Opera, and Opera de Geneve, and other companies in roles that included Rosina in "Barber of Seville," Gilda in "Rigoletto," Pamina in "The Magic Flute," and Constanze in "The Abduction From the Seraglio"; she appeared alongside Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Alfredo Kraus, and others. Health problems curtailed her stage career. (Boston Globe)

    At the Opera: A remarkable ‘Rigoletto’ opens Arizona Opera season  Oct 15, 2008
    At the Opera: A remarkable Rigoletto opens Arizona Opera season ... It did so remarkably last Saturday night when Arizona Opera opened its 2008-09 season with Verdi s tragic Rigoletto in Tucson ... Gordon Hawkins as Rigoletto brings a big voice and an imposing frame to the title role. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Diana Damrau triumphs at Met Opera in first Lucia  Oct 6, 2008
    Beczala actually made his Met debut two years ago but is coming into his own this season, with assignments after "Lucia" in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and Verdi's "Rigoletto." If he can avoid the trap of taking on heavier roles too early in his career, Beczala should be a welcome presence for years to come. As Lucia's well-meaning tutor, Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov brought rich sound and gravitas to a role that can seem perfunctory. (The Trentonian, NJ)

    Great classes start next week at Community Education  Sep 19, 2008
    What better way to enjoy the language of music then to listen to it sung in some of the greatest operas of all time, such as Aida, Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Turandot, L elisir d amore and Don Giovanni. Exploring the most beloved arias in operas by great composers, we will touch upon the language, culture and geography of the Italian peninsula. (Arlington Advocate, MA)

    Andrea Bocelli  Aug 29, 2008
    Other operatic selections included arias and duets from Verdi's Il Trovatore and Rigoletto. Best of all, however, were the duets from Puccini's ever popular La Boheme in which he sang "Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen" with Paola Sanguinetti. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Talk of the Town: Brain power tips for staying young  Aug 24, 2008
    Ride the Chet Mobile to the opening of the 2008-09 season of Verdi s Rigoletto on Sunday, Oct. 12, followed by: Gilbert and Sullivan s The Mikado on Sunday, Nov. 16; Donizetti s The Elexir of Love on Sunday, Jan. 18; Mozart s Don Giovanni on Sunday, Feb. 22, and Puccini s Tosca on Sunday, April 5. Previews to all performances will again be held by the Arizona Opera League at the Performing Arts and Learning Center, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Merola singers firmly embrace 'Werther' duet  Aug 19, 2008
    In an admirable effort as Verdi's Duke of Mantua, Lomel overcame another bad staging idea - a striptease - in the "Rigoletto" scene. This won't be the last time these singers have to contend with some director's conceptual brainstorm. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    No Guiding Vision  Jul 19, 2008
    Baritone Scott Bearden, a fine Rigoletto in San Jose last season, sounded stiff and tonally hazy as Count di Luna, and mezzo-soprano Patrice Houston was a recessive Azucena, although her singing in the final duet, "Ai nostri monti," was limpidly phrased. The chorus sang well under James Toland's direction. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Passport to pucker up (61)  Jul 14, 2008
    Hider s first performance of his trip will be the opening night of the convention where Hider will be performing Cole Porter s Begin the Beguine; Over the Rainbow and La donna mobile from Giuseppe Verdi s opera Rigoletto. After the convention ends, Hider will travel to Osaka for two more special concerts, where he will share the stage with some of Japan s top whistlers including Kimiko Wakiyama, the reigning women s international contest winner, and 10-year-old Chihaya Kosugiyama, who won the... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Chinese soprano wins Int'l singing competition in Vienna  Jul 8, 2008
    Guanqun Yu, who graduated from the Shandong Institute of Arts in 2005 and enrolled in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SHCM) in 2006, has studied under Professor Zhou Xiaoyan at the SHCM and has starred in quite a few operas such as "The Magic Flute" and "Rigoletto". Yu has also been taught by world renowned artists such as Carlo Bergorzi and Renee Fleming and won praise from them for her singing skills. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Seeking stage, Dessay found it through singing  Jun 15, 2008
    Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto". Also dull. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Graves steps in for 'Don Quixote' role  Jun 2, 2008
    It's the second of five productions in a lineup that also includes Tosca, Rigoletto, Peter Grimes and Madama Butterfly. Tickets/information: (619) 533-7000 or sdopera. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Swedish Star Makes Local Debut  May 30, 2008
    Holgersson will perform Caro Come from Verdi's Rigoletto. Beatrice will pay tribute to Star native Faith Hill by singing What's In It for Me. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    'The stage is a macabre playground where you set your fantasies free'  May 25, 2008
    His slim body and his thin skin are the cage for a menagerie of creatures as feral as that triceratops: a predatory libertine like the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, a crazed stalker like Don Jos; in Bizet's Carmen, a morbid narcissist like the poet Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. The man who lets these alter egos inhabit him, and who voices their neuroses with such eloquence, must sometimes wonder who he actually is. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Songs of the tsunami  May 5, 2008
    The best advice I was ever given in this area came from Mark Elder, when we were working on Jonathan Miller's production of Rigoletto. Mark said that if you want to know whether a line is singable, you should try shouting it aloud. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Planning an opera?  May 5, 2008
    Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi 7 p.m. March 28 and 31; 8 p.m. April 3; 2 p.m. April 5; 7 p.m. April 8 ... In addition to Tosca, starring Valayre and another company newcomer, Marcus Haddock, next season includes the celebrated Ferruccio Furlanetto in a new production of Massenet's Don Quixote, L'ubica Vargicova and Roberto Aronica making company debuts in Verdi's Rigoletto, and Anthony Dean Griffey in Britten's Peter Grimes, a role he has sung to acclaim at New York's Metropolitan Opera. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Opera: No change of scenery, but a new cast for 'Pearl Fishers'  May 2, 2008
    Her big break came in 1999 when she won acclaim as Gilda in a production of Verdi's Rigoletto at Moscow New Opera Theatre. Though Gilda became her signature role, Siurina also welcomes the chance to portray Leila in Pearl Fishers. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Marcello Giordani took unconventional path to success  Apr 20, 2008
    He made his professional debut at Spoleto, in Verdi's "Rigoletto," and his American debut came two years later. His voice, with its gorgeous high register, seemed perfect for the bel canto repertoire. (Boston Globe)

    Dramatic turn for symphony  Apr 12, 2008
    What: La Forza del Destino, Overture and Pace, pace, mio Dio; Macbeth, Witches' Chorus, Chorus of Scottish Refugees and Macduff's Aria; Rigoletto, Zitti, zitti and Pari siamo; Il Trovatore, Anvil Chorus and Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera; Aida, Act III and Act II Finale. When: 8 p.m. Saturday. (Florida Times-Union)

    * Hoffman in the park  Apr 11, 2008
    Its staged Rigoletto in this same location, as well as Cavalleria Rusticana and Madama Butterfly in the square outside Zhongshan Hall (and the latter also in a mountain-girt setting in Nantou County). Tonights conductor will be Yang Chih-chin (), and the opera will be sung in French. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Mostly Opera offers vocal smorgasbord  Apr 10, 2008
    Between the pieces, there will be arias and duets from Otello, Rigoletto, Pagliacci and other well-known operas. Typically, Mostly Opera produces one classic opera for its spring production. (Scranton Times, PA)

    Queler's OONY Perseveres  Mar 9, 2008
    Bryan Himmel was earnest in "La donna e mobile" from Verdi's "Rigoletto." and Gutierrez displayed a big voice with sheen in "O rendetemi" from Bellini's "I Puritani," which also was featured in the "Il rival salvar tu dei" duet with Gaertner and bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs. The Opera Orchestra Gala chorus took a featured turn in "Coro dei Crociati e Pellegrini" from Verdi's "I Lombardi.". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Missing penis a cause for Royal Opera blush  Mar 7, 2008
    appeared to have no penis at all in the full-frontal shot used in publicity material for a production of Verdi's Rigoletto. The actor complained to the opera house via his lawyer that the photograph, taken during a 2001 production of the same opera, was used to promote shows six years later, even though he no longer worked there. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Nude poster star 'felt exploited'  Mar 7, 2008
    Juan Pablo Di Pace, 28, was cast in the crowd scenes of Verdi's mid-19th Century opera Rigoletto in 2001. Earlier reports said the actor had complained about the Royal Opera House airbrushing out his manhood. (BBC News)

    Royal Opera House to drop 'shrunken penis' poster  Mar 6, 2008
    Juan Pablo Di Pace, 28, now a television and film actor, was cast in the crowd scenes of Verdi's Rigoletto in 2001. He posed for promotional shots at the time, and since then his naked image has been reused to advertise later productions of Rigoletto at Covent Garden, even though Di Pace has not been in them ... When Rigoletto is put on in 2009, the actor will not feature in any image publicising the production, it said. (Independent)

    Naked actor miffed  Mar 6, 2008
    The opera company said Wednesday it would stop using the promotional poster for Verdi's "Rigoletto." ... Millard said the Royal Opera had no performances of "Rigoletto" planned for this year and would not use the poster again. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Giuseppe di Stefano, a Tenor Whose Career Flamed Out Too Early, Is ...  Mar 5, 2008
    Renowned for his superb voice, Mr. Di Stefano had only brief years at the top, with a repertory that focused on lyric roles like the Duke in Rigoletto, the title role in Faust and Werther ... In 1948, Mr. di Stefano crossed the Atlantic to make his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Duke in Rigoletto. (New York Times)

    Opera's di Stefano dies aged 86  Mar 5, 2008
    He was best known for his roles in Verdi's Rigoletto and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. He never fully recovered after being attacked while on holiday in Kenya in 2004. (BBC News -- Europe)

    A Small Part? An actor is complaining about the way his privates were doctored and allegedly made smaller in a publicity photograph that was plastered across London.  Mar 5, 2008
    The full frontal shot was taken several years ago when he was acting in a production of Verdi's Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House in London. The result was so pleasing the posters were used in later productions - even though di Pace is no longer involved. (Sky News)

    Mariusz Kwiecien: A Polish tenor with charisma  Mar 5, 2008
    He had other "crazy offers," he added: the title role in Berg's "Wozzeck" and vocally heavy Verdi parts like Rigoletto and Iago. "This was ridiculous," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Around Town March 5 -- Take another shot at Marshfield trivia  Mar 5, 2008
    Marshfield resident Sanjay Merchant was selected to sing the role of Duke in Verdi s Rigoletto and sing in the Three Tenors Concert Series at the International Lyric Academy of Rome and Viterbo, Italy this July and August ... Productions include Mozart s The Magic Flute, Verdi s Rigoletto, Puccini s La Boheme, Verdi s La Traviata, Pergolesi s Stabat Mater and Three Tenors Concert series. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)

    Celebrated Tenor Di Stefano Dies at 86  Mar 4, 2008
    At the Metropolitan Opera, Di Stefano sang in 112 performances from 1948 to 1965, making his debut in Verdi's "Rigoletto" as the Duke. "His musical merits have mostly to do with style, for the voice, though neither small nor ugly, is not an organ of great beauty," composer Virgil Thomson wrote in The New York Herald Tribune after that first performance. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Obituary: Giuseppe di Stefano  Mar 4, 2008
    He made his first appearance at the Metropolitan at New York in February 1948 as the Duke in Rigoletto. For the following five years he was the darling of the house, singing a variety of roles. (Guardian Unlimited)

    China's Renowned International Opera Stars to Perform at Inaugural Launch of Encore Music and Art Academy in Santa Clara  Jan 30, 2008
    Since his professional faculty debut as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto with the San Francisco Opera, tenor Hong-Shen Li has enthralled audiences and critics alike with his incredibly agile and powerfully lyrical voice. Allan Kozinn of the New York Times calls his voice "superb." Although trained primarily in classical voice, Mr. Li enjoys and teaches a variety of vocal styles including musical theater, pop and jazz. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Opera Preview: Will ‘Gems’ sparkle for AZ Opera?  Jan 28, 2008
    Gems could be sub-titled AZ Opera s Greatest Hits, for the program truly runs a gamut from solo arias nearly every opera-goer loves - Si, mi chiamano Mimi from La bohme through the beautiful duet Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann to the hugely dramatic Quartet from Rigoletto. These are crowd-pleasers all, and if they do not necessarily qualify as the best of the best, they certainly are most familiar and beloved. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Spellbinding soprano  Jan 27, 2008
    Verdi's works --- "Aida," "La Traviata," "Rigoletto," "Falstaff" and "Requiem Mass" --- are among the most demanding in opera, especially for sopranos, and Brown chose to work. After graduating from Oakwood, she returned to IU and began training, immersing herself in the language of opera --- French, Italian, German --- as well as the music and techniques. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Classics dilemma  Jan 21, 2008
    They will be balanced by three of opera's most beloved works: Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Tosca, and Verdi's Rigoletto ... Current season: Rigoletto, Hansel & Gretel, Cyrano, Norma, Ainadamar ... Everybody recorded 'Boheme,' everybody recorded 'Rigoletto. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Macomb native in QC Opera  Jan 19, 2008
    A Macomb native has a leading role in this weekend's Opera Quad Cities performance of Verdi's "Rigoletto.". Richard Furman, who attended school in Macomb and is the son of DuWayne and Janet Furman, will perform the Duke of Mantua. (Macomb Journal, IL)

    Standing out  Jan 4, 2008
    In addition to his work with the Met, he will this season return to the Grand Theatre, Bordeaux, for his first performances of the title role in Gounod's "Faust" and appear at L'Opera de Lille as the duke in "Rigoletto." He is also scheduled to appear at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in a recital for the Marilyn Horne Foundation. Keeping perspective. (Bayside Times, NY)

    A bright new star  Nov 26, 2007
    Or even one of the better Liszt paraphrases, such as the one he did of the quartet from Act III of Verdi's Rigoletto. Posted by Greg Stepanich at November 23, 2007 6:49 PM Comments Post a comment. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Today in History - Nov. 23  Nov 23, 2007
    In 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto.". In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    Verdi: Raised Opera's Heights  Nov 17, 2007
    Famous for operas Rigoletto, Aida, Nabucco, La Traviata ... Verdi's music are instantly recognized, for example, "La donna mobile" (woman is fickle) from Rigoletto or "Anvil Chorus" from Il Trovatore, often used in numerous TV commercials, are as acclaimed today as when it was first written ... Ten years later, he scored another success with Rigoletto. (Suite101.com)

    Photo Gallery  Oct 27, 2007
    STRENGTH IN NUMBERS From left, Paula Frazier, the owner and chef of Paulas at Rigoletto, Doreen DeCosmis, event organizer and cancer survivor and Kim Black of Vigneto, get together to promote the upcoming Strength in Numbers charity event at the Park Avenue restaurant October 29. There will also be a wine tasting event at Vigneto, also on Park Ave., with the proceeds all going to the Hackensack University Medical Centers Cancer Center. (Jersey City Reporter, NJ)

    Mario Lanza tribute premieres Oct. 28 in Westerly  Oct 26, 2007
    " Buchi sings a wide range of popular tenor music, from the title song to "Younger Than Springtime" to "Arrivederci Roma," as well as operatic arias like "La Donna e Mobile" from "Rigoletto" and "E Lucevan le Stelle" from Puccini s "Tosca. " He is joined on stage by soprano Elizabeth Hillebrand for duets like "Vogliate Mi Bene" from "Madama Butterfly," "If I Loved You" and "Deep in My Heart. (Westerly Sun, RI)

    Shelf-stacker, salesman ... opera star!  Oct 22, 2007
    Potts himself is a lyric tenor, suited to roles such as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto or Rodolfo in La Boh. me. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    WBU Music Department plans concerts 10-21-2007  Oct 21, 2007
    Pair has selected 10 of Liszt s transcriptions for his concert, including the Bridal Chorus, Wedding March and Verdi s Rigoletto. The 10 transcriptions will include the works of Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann as well. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)

    Public radio  Oct 13, 2007
    11:30 a.m. San Francisco Opera Guiseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (in Italian). 6:05 p.m. Prairie Home Companion live from the Hippodrome Theater, Baltimore. (Montana Standard, MT)

    S.F. Opera hits high notes at AT&T with first ballpark simulcast  Sep 30, 2007
    Since then, the Opera has simulcast productions of Verdi's "Rigoletto" to both Civic Center Plaza and the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University, and Mozart's "Don Giovanni" to UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. Before Friday night's simulcast, the previous three remotes drew a combined audience estimated by Opera officials at 30,000. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Sydney Opera House Early Operas  Sep 28, 2007
    Elijah Moshinsky's production of Rigoletto ... Rigoletto, instead of being a hunchback, was a cripple with two walking sticks. (Suite101.com)

    Three Mo' Tenors  Sep 28, 2007
    Evening starts with the trio singing "La donna e mobile" from "Rigoletto," after which each of the boys does a classical spot. After a couple of numbers tailored to the "Three Mo'" theme -- one from "Jelly's Last Jam," one from "Five Guys Named Moe" -- they round out the first act with mostly showtunes (including "'Bring Him Home" from "Les Miz" and a not-very-convincing rendition of "Being Alive" from "Company"). (Variety)

    * Events & Entertainment  Sep 21, 2007
    31 and Liszt's Consolation No.3 in D-Flat Major and Rigoletto Paraphrase de Concert. -At the National Concert Hall, Taipei. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    What Pavarotti's Eulogists Wouldn't Say  Sep 20, 2007
    Arturo in I puritani (even, in some cases, with the notorious high F), but also selected roles from Verdi (Rodolfo in Luisa Miller singing the almost motionless "Quando le sere al placido," the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto tossing off "La donna ; mobile" like a feather in the air, a regal Riccardo--even if reduced to the governor-general of Boston--in Un ballo in maschera) or even Puccini (Rodolfo in La Boh;me or Calaf in Turandot). If the Olympics sent his "Nessun dorma" all over the world, it... (New Republic)

    Pavarotti leaves a massive void  Sep 10, 2007
    As the king of the high C's, the son of a singing baker brought thrilling, golden-toned intensity to such roles as Rodolfo in Puccini's La Boheme and the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto. There was always a brightness in the sound that touched people's hearts, said San Diego Opera general director Ian Campbell, who met him in 1965 in Campbell's native Australia, where Pavarotti was performing. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Pavarotti, the two tenors  Sep 9, 2007
    1982: Takes part in the film Rigoletto. 1982: First sings in Aida for the San Francisco Opera. (Scotsman)

    Pavarotti discography  Sep 8, 2007
    "Rigoletto," Verdi; Bonynge; Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra (Decca). Other classical recordings. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    Tenor superstar brought opera to millions  Sep 7, 2007
    Between that year and 1989, his Lyric roles included Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera, Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, the Duke in Rigoletto and Radames in Verdi's Aida ... His voice was particularly well suited to the more lyrical early and middle-period Verdi roles such as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Gustavo in Un Ballo in Maschera and Alfredo in La Traviata. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Here's to romance: Saturday at the Franchi Estate  Sep 7, 2007
    "Last year he was Franco Zeffirelli s favorite tenor," says Mrs. Franchi, "and he sang in La Boheme and Rigoletto at the Teatro Vecchio in Rome." He sang recently at Lincoln Center, makes his debut with the Metropolitan Opera this year, and next year sings "La Boheme" at La Scala. He ll sing another crowd-pleasing duet, from "The Pearl Fishers" by Bizet, with baritone Robert Gardner, and he ll also do a Sergio Franchi favorite, "Core ngrato" ("ungrateful heart"). (Westerly Sun, RI)

    Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Tenor, Dies At Age 71  Sep 7, 2007
    Pavarotti starred in a film called "Yes, Giorgio" (though its failure scuttled his hopes for a Hollywood career) and appeared in a filmed version of "Rigoletto." He wrote an autobiography, "I, Luciano Pavarotti," and made more than 90 recordings. From Beijing to Buenos Aires, people immediately recognized his incandescent smile and lumbering bulk, clutching a white handkerchief as he sang arias and Neapolitan folk songs, pop numbers and Christmas carols for hundreds of thousands in outdoor... (CBS2.com, CA)

    Obituary: Luciano Pavarotti  Sep 6, 2007
    His family were enthusiastically musical and, aged four, he was apparently standing on the kitchen table singing the Duke of Mantua's La donna ; mobile from Rigoletto as a party trick ... He was Rodolfo, the Duke in Rigoletto, Alfredo in La Traviata, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly ... He had performed the Duke in Rigoletto with Tullio Serafin at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo during the earliest stages of his career, and now he repeated the role with Gianandrea... (Guardian Unlimited -- World)

    Luciano Pavarotti dies (updated)  Sep 6, 2007
    Pavarotti starred in a film called "Yes, Giorgio'' (though its failure scuttled his hopes for a Hollywood career) and appeared in a filmed version of "Rigoletto. . (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)

    Pavarotti: Dead at 71  Sep 6, 2007
    a filmed version of "Rigoletto." He wrote an autobiography, "I, Luciano Pavarotti," and made more than 90 recordings. From Beijing to Buenos Aires, people immediately recognized his. (WTVR.com, VA)

    Hitting the high notes  Sep 3, 2007
    At the Met last year, I saw her trash a set during a farcical tizz in Donizetti's Don Pasquale and hurtle through a door to certain death in Verdi's Rigoletto, impelled by a self-destructive ecstasy ... Debuted at London's Royal Opera House in War and Peace in 2000 and has since appeared there in La clemenza di Tito, Rigoletto and Don Giovanni. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Orson and Schuyler, dynamic duo at Tara's  Aug 11, 2007
    He quickly did a little ditty of "La Donne Mobile" from the opera "Rigoletto." He proceeded to sing the introduction to "Volare" in perfect Italian and sang the rest of the song in English, with everyone joining in. With his great sense of humor, (his hair is a little long and kept falling in his eyes,) he asked the audience, "Am I having a bad hair day?" and everyone laughed and applauded. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)

    From famous lit to the orchestra pit  Jul 23, 2007
    Nineteenth-century composers often took their ideas from plays - so successfully that everyone knows Verdi's Rigoletto, for example, but no one remembers its source, Victor Hugo's play Le Roi s'amuse. Alban Berg based his operas Wozzeck and Lulu on German plays. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Jerry Hadley  Jul 21, 2007
    He made his Covent Garden debut the following year as Fenton in Falstaff and returned frequently in later years - as the Duke in Rigoletto, Rodolfo in La Boh;me, in the title role of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, and as Faust in Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust in 1993. The first night was attended by the former prime minister, Lady Thatcher, whom, it seemed, Hadley appeared to be serenading personally when he sang "Far from human struggles and from troubled days I come". (Telegraph.co.uk)

    Lendman: Remembering Maestro  Jul 12, 2007
    Always one to surprise (as he did two and a half months earlier choosing Un Ballo in maschera over Rigoletto for his final opera performance), he eschewed his native Italy and chose an all-Wagner program for the occasion. He died of a stroke at age 89 on January 16, 1957. (Zmag.org)

    Full list of nominees for Helpmann awards  Jul 10, 2007
    Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Twist in the tale adds power to lovers' struggle  Jul 5, 2007
    Of Verdi's three great achievements of the early 1850s, Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853) and La Traviata (1853), it is Il Trovatore that is the most backward looking, reverting to the more conventional recitative and aria patterns, which the other two works start to transgress. The first point in this production where one realises how serious is the director, Elke Neidhardt, in his intention to cut through conventional set pieces is in the famous Anvil Chorus of the second act where,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Il Trovatore  Jul 5, 2007
    Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Peter McCallum, reviewerJuly 5, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Beverly Sills, people's diva, dies  Jul 3, 2007
    She also appeared as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's "The Magic Flute;" with Placido Domingo in Rameau's "Hippolyte et Aricie"; in the US premiere of Luigi Nono's "Intolleranza" (a rare foray into contemporary music); her only Gilda, in Verdi's "Rigoletto"; and the title roles in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "La Fille de Regiment.". Ms. Sills also performed several times with the Boston Symphony during Erich Leinsdorf's tenure as music director -- most memorably in a concert... (Boston Globe)

    La Scala plays triumphant tribute to Italian opera  Jun 9, 2007
    They performed 12 songs from eight great operas: The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, both by W.A. Mozart; Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) by G. Rossini; Rigoletto and La Traviata by G. Verdi, Carmen by G. Bizet, and Tosca by G. Puccini ... Tenor Comencini shone like the morning star with "La donne mobile" from Rigoletto ... Briganti's unforgettable performances of the evening was when she sang "Caro nome" from Rigoletto and "Addio del passato" from La Traviata. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    From the Footlights: Cunningham Park opera brings Met back to boro  Jun 8, 2007
    Over the years, the Met has also staged such operas at Cunningham Park as Verdi's "Aida," "Rigoletto," and "La Traviata," Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," "Turnandot" and "Tosca," and Rosinni's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia.". Despite more than two decades as one of the Met's most acclaimed singers, this will be the first chance Hei Kyung Hong will have to sing in Cunningham Park. (Bayside Times, NY)

    Pirates add to Opera's war chest  May 25, 2007
    " The company will make tentative steps into Asia in October when it leases the sets of its production of Verdi's Rigoletto to Macau. Mr Collette said he was delighted with the 2006 result, which allowed the company to further develop its artform. "In the last few years we've managed to strengthen the balance sheet a lot," he said. "In our 50th year, we sold more tickets than we ever had. The result was underwritten by more people coming to the opera. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Performing on stage gives Andrea a sense of wonder  May 21, 2007
    She played Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, Musetta in La Bohme, Gilda in Rigoletto and Katharine in The English Lesson. got married right after college to Jude Clapper of Meyersdale and we moved to Philadelphia so that Jude could go to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, Andrea said. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Comprehensive event listings  May 20, 2007
    Benjamin Zander conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 1, Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Sebastian Baeverstam, Bossi's "Fantasy on Themes from 'Rigoletto' " with Amy Chen, clarinet. $10, students and seniors $5, 617-585-1260. (Boston Globe)

    Decorated tenor visits Crescent City  May 5, 2007
    "It was Rigoletto,' and I loved it," he said of the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. He also didn't yet know he had the type of tenor voice that's God-given and highly sought after in the operatic world. (Daily Triplicate)

    Whose wife is it anyway?  Apr 30, 2007
    These and other questions go unanswered in Stiffelio, Verdi's 1850 assault on church and social values, so outrageous at the time that the opera between Luisa Miller and Rigoletto, from a composer at the height of his powers, pretty much disappeared from the repertoire until the mid-1990s, when it was revived at Covent Garden for Jose Carreras, then Placido Domingo and Jose Cura. A decade on, Cura is back in this rather thankless part, flinging his arms around in a display of operatic acting so... (The Observer)

    Nabucco Opera by Verdi  Apr 20, 2007
    Nabucco Opera by Verdi: Giuseppe Verdis Opera features Va, Pensiero. Nabucco Opera by Verdi. (Suite101.com)

    Rigoletto Verdi Opera Plot  Apr 19, 2007
    Rigoletto Verdi Opera Plot: Verdis Famous Opera Court Jester Rigoletto ... Rigoletto Verdi Opera Plot ... Rigoletto Verdi Opera Plot. (Suite101.com)

    MPAC unveils fall series  Apr 16, 2007
    a donna mobile from Rigoletto, abanera from Carmen, and essun Dorma from Turandot will be performed in the original languages of each song at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. The East Village Opera Company was co-founded by lead singer Tyler Ross and arranger Peter Kiesewalter, who assembled a rock band made up of two guitars, a bass, drums, and keyboards that are played along with the string quartet. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    Apollo astronaut: Future space exploration depends on world unity  Apr 14, 2007
    Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, believes mankind could venture beyond the Earth's solar system by the end of the 21st century, but only if political and cultural differences are set aside. It depends on us "getting our act together on Earth," Mitchell said Friday in a question-and-answer session after a screening of the movie "In the Shadow of the Moon" at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. (Herald-Tribune)

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