Cultural event — Rehearsal
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DRESS REHEARSAL: Rigoletto
28 Nov. 2024
- Opéra Bastille
Enter the heart of the creation and discover the artists at work!
The Paris National Opera offers Arop members the privilege of observing the work of the artists and the genesis of a production at different times: work sessions, pre-dress rehearsals and dress rehearsals.
Rigoletto
“It’s a magnificent, grandiose subject, featuring one of the most extraordinary characters ever created in the theatre and in the world”. With these words, Verdi asked Francesco Maria Piave to write a libretto inspired by Victor Hugo’s Le roi s’amuse. A paradoxical character, Rigoletto is both a deformed buffoon, serving the Duke of Mantua in his seductive endeavours, and the embodiment of fatherly love for his daughter Gilda.
With its wealth of contrasts, the theme of the curse and its unforgettable arias, the opera, premiered at La Fenice in Venice in 1851, became the first of Verdi’s great popular successes alongside Il Trovatore and La Traviata. Claus Guth has conceived his staging as a long flashback in which Rigoletto, wracked with remorse, relives the death of his daughter, to which he unwittingly contributed.Conditions of access to dress rehearsal:
- The presentation of your Arop card is mandatory to collect your ticket at the Arop control on the same evening.
- At the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille, we have "Protocol" seats.
- Seats are assigned by membership level: Founding Patron members (Mécène Fondateurs) have priority over Patron members (Mécènes).
- Seats are assigned by order of booking arrival (first booking, first served) and cannot be guaranteed in case of late registration.
- Seating is free in the reserved areas: we advise you to arrive one hour before the start of the rehearsal.
Download the details of the reservation conditions and the access conditions.
- 19:30
Rigoletto (saison 21/22) - Acte I (Ludovic Tézier, Nadine Sierra)
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