Location: Lyric Opera House, Chicago IL

Join Lyric Opera of Chicago for Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto, a powerfully dramatic work based on a play by Victor Hugo. The composer brings astounding intensity to the court jester Rigoletto, who is 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, a much-acclaimed Verdian, Lyric’s visually sumptuous production stars the sensational 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.

Language: Sung in Italian with projected English titles

Running Time: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including 1 intermission

Shows will be on the following days:

• Saturday, September 14, 7:30p

• Wednesday, September 18, 2p

• Sunday, September 22, 2p

• Wednesday, September 25, 7p

• Saturday, September 28, 7:30p

• Tuesday, October 1, 7p

• Sunday, October 6, 2p

Adia will play Countess Ceprano for the entire run of the show.

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