Lyric Opera 2024-2025 Issue 1 - Rigoletto

Mané Galoyan as Gilda in the Wolf Trap Opera production of Rigoletto . Adapting a play by Victor Hugo, Giuseppe Verdi brought astounding intensity to the court jester Rigoletto, tragically obsessed with avenging his daughter Gilda’s dishonor. The score’s highlights are unforgettable, from Rigoletto’s hair-raising denunciation of the Duke of Mantua’s courtiers, “Cortigiani,” to the immoral, philandering Duke’s “La donna è mobile,” to Gilda’s ecstatic “Caro nome.” Conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola, an acclaimed Verdian, Lyric’s visually sumptuous production stars the sensational Russian baritone Igor Golovatenko. He’s joined by two other international luminaries making eagerly awaited company debuts: Mané Galoyan, the exquisite Armenian soprano, and Javier Camarena, the spectacular Mexican tenor. Scott Suchman - Wolf Trap Opera