Day: 22 September 2024

Welsh National Opera, Rigoletto: Latex, knickers and lots of wigs. Thankfully some very fine singing.

22nd September 2024

It is quite an achievement, making the womanising Duke of Mantua the only likeable character in Rigoletto. This was despite Raffaele Abete not giving the finest of the vocal performances of the evening. They belonged to the Rigoletto of Daniel Luis de Vicente and Gilda from Soraya Mafi. Admittedly Abete was not the originally cast […]

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