Rigoletto met opera

• The Metropolitan Opera has abandoned a new production of Verdis Rigoletto by director Luc Bondy, whose grim version of Puccinis Tosca provoked intense booing when it opened the 2009-10 season.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2012-2013 season Mayer will direct a new production of Verdis Rigoletto (January 28), which will star Željko Lu?i?, Diana Damrau, and Piotr Beczala, and conducted by Michele Mariotti.
(TheaterMania.com)
• Its no exaggeration to say that Charlie Anthony is the soul of the Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Volpe On Feb.
(Winnipeg Free Press)
• After her graduation from the Academy, she joined the Metropolitan Opera for the 2010-2011 season. She made her debut at the Met as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
(Examiner)
• explained Artistic Director/Metropolitan Opera star Lucine Amara In 2010, Fredericks appeared as Sparafucile in Verismo Operas well received production of Rigoletto.
(PR-USA.net)
• Harbisons original work, which had a less-than-successful premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1999, plays like an effort are in the tradition of the great party scenes from Verdis Rigoletto and Mozarts Don Giovanni.
(San Francisco Gate)
• Verdi drew ideas from this opera when composing Rigoletto, which is also based on a play by The title role was written for Rossini's wife Isabella Colbran.
(Jupiter Courier)
• "The Met: Live in HD" is a series of specialized live broadcasts of Metropolitan Opera performances that has been generating after Verdi hit his stride in the 1850s with "Rigoletto," "La Traviata" and "Il Trovatore.
(Indianapolis Star)