9th – 23rd April 2011

the second

HINCKLEY
OPERA
FESTIVAL

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Giuseppe Verdie

A hunchedbacked jester with an obsessive love for his daughter. A duke with an eye for every lady but a passion for only one. An assassin who has no care who his victims are provided he gets his fee. After its first performance at Venice's great opera house in 1851, Rigoletto was a hit the length and breadth of Europe. Now this thrilling Hinckley festival premiere gives you the chance to discover just what all the fuss was about.

Rigoletto

performed in English in a translation by Tom Boyd

Stanley Opera present their
spectacular festival production
of Verdi’s gripping melodrama

AT LONG LAST Stanley Opera are bringing what many believe to be Verdi’s greatest opera to the Concordia Theatre for four performances in April. This stunning opera with its combination of thrilling music and engrossing action never fails to excite audiences. Rigoletto has more great arias, duets, ensembles and chrous numbers packed into just two hours of music than almost any other opera written and, with its spin-tingling story, it is rightly regarded as one of the best of all great chorus operas.

Based on the play by Victor Hugo (author of Les Misérables.), Rigoletto tells the tale of a jester who, employed by the womanizing Duke of Mantua to mock all and sundry at court, makes too many enemies and pays a terrible price. A dreadful curse placed on Rigoletto starts to exert its power and when his beloved daughter Gilda is abducted by his master’s courtiers, Rigoletto’s thoughts turn obsessively to revenge, with awful and unforseen consequences.

 

HINCKLEY CONCORDIA THEATRE
15th, 19th, 21st and 23rd April, 7.30
Tickets: £9.00 (£8.00 concessions)
La Boheme, Stanley Opera, Concordia Theatre, April 2010

STANLEY OPERA
Kirsty Anderson, Alexander Anderson-Hall and Chris Marlow in La Bohéme, April 2010

‘All who see this will appreciate a fine production and once again count themselves extreamely fortunate to be able to see such a talented company on our doorstep.’

MITCH IRVING, HINCKLEY TIMES
CAST INCLUDES
RIGOLETTO

Chris Marlow

DUKE OF MANTUA

Alexander Anderson-Hall

GILDA

Kirsty Anderson (15th & 21st April)
Louise Duguid (19th & 23rd April)

SPARAFUCILE

Andrew Robinson

MADDALENA

Debbie Dubberley (15th & 21st April)
Rozanna Madylus (19th & 23rd April)

MONTERONE

Joe Cerkeliunas

THE FULL CHORUS OF STANLEY OPERA

CONDUCTOR   Janet Bacon
DIRECTOR   Nick Bacon
SETTINGS   Rick Scrine

Find out more at www.stanley-opera.org.uk