Director Matthew Richardson brings Verdi’s Rigoletto to the stage in a reworking of his stylish, critically acclaimed 2005 production for the NBR New Zealand Opera.

Based on a text by Victor Hugo, Verdi’s opera tells a tragic tale. Rigoletto, a hunch-back jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is forced to find new conquests for his carefree, womanizing master. As the web of court intrigue tightens around him, Rigoletto finds himself the victim of a grave curse, but it is his carefully protected daughter Gilda who is the one to suffer.

From the aching naivety of Gilda’s first love to the Duke’s untroubled revelry and Rigoletto’s tortured realisation of his failure as a father, Verdi takes the characters from elation to despair in an opera densely packed with extraordinary arias and ensembles.

English baritone Eddie Wade sings Rigoletto, in his debut in the role and Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Nadine Livingston brings a fresh innocence to the role of Gilda. Edgaras Montvidas, Nemorino in our recent production of The Elixir of Love, sings the role of the Duke. Tobias Ringborg, well known to Scottish Opera audiences from 2009’s Cosi fan tutte, conducts.

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Wed 11 May 7.15pm

Sun 15 May 4pm

Wed 18 May 7.15pm+

Sat 21 May 7.15pm*

Rigoletto Unwrapped Fri 13 May 6pm

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Tue 24 May 7.15pm

Thu 26 May 7.15pm

Sat 28  May 7.15pm*+

Rigoletto Unwrapped Wed 25 May 6pm

His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

Thu 2 June 7.30pm

Sat 4 June 7.30pm*+

Rigoletto Unwrapped Fri 3 June 6pm

Eden Court, Inverness

Thu 9 June 7.15pm

Sat 11 June 7.15pm*+

Rigoletto Unwrapped Fri 12 June 6pm

*Pre-show talk

+Audio-described performance/Touch Tour