Oct 13, 2023 · Oliver Mears’ innovative and thought-provoking production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, first seen in 2021, casts an intriguing spotlight on a work that can too easily be taken for granted. Setting ...

Nov 7, 2023 · Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Rigoletto. Amartuvshin Enkhbat & Pretty Yende Shine in Verdi Masterpiece. By Mauricio Villa

There’s the opening tableau which recreates Caravaggio’s The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and reveals the Duke of Mantua and his entourage, slipping from staged Renaissance pomp to New Romantic sleaziness, and revelling in their power to inflict …

The Royal Opera House's superb production of Saint-Saëns' opera, Samson and Delilah, skillfully directed by the multi-Olivier Award Winner, Richard Jones.

Oct 13, 2023 · Oliver Mears’s Rigoletto is back at the Royal Opera House for the third time in as many years. The 2023 diverse cast features rising stars that are out to prove their mettle. (Rigoletto) Amartuvshin Enkhbat, (Count Monterone) Fabrizio Beggi, Rigoletto © ROH 2023. Photo by Tristram Kenton.

Sep 17, 2021 · Antonio Pappano has been at the Royal Opera House for nearly two decades, yet has never conducted “Rigoletto,” a capstone of the repertory. This would be his first performance of the work – and the opening shot of the 2021-22 season at the Royal Opera.

Oct 13, 2023 · Oliver Mears’s 2021 production of Rigoletto was a great success, managing to highlight all of the heavy-hitting, gritty elements of Verdi’s arguably darkest opera.

Sep 27, 2023 · Oliver Mears’ captivating production of Giuseppe Verdi‘s dark and thrilling masterpiece, RIGOLETTO, will return the Royal Opera House‘s Main Stage for its very first revival this autumn. Opening on Thursday 12 October, the darkly elegant production features two outstanding international casts.

Sep 14, 2021 · Last night, that dramatic prelude heralded not just the opening of a new production – Oliver Mears’ first since becoming Director of Opera – but the start of a new Royal Opera season, with a full house finally returning after the long Covid hiatus and …

Jan 6, 2018 · Image taken from the Royal Opera House website If the French had anything to do with it, Rigoletto would never have been performed. Based on Victor Hugo’s play ‘Le roi s’amuse’, where Verdi described the subject matter of the play as ‘immense’, it was highly controversial as it depicted the King of France as an immoral and cynical ...