Verdi: Rigoletto – review

Damrau/Flórez/Lucic/Dresden Strate Opera Chorus/Dresden Staatskapelle/Luisi(Virgin Classics)Recorded in Dresden in 2008, Nikolaus Lehnhoff's production of Rigoletto is a ferocious, if uneven affair, that awkwardly positions the opera between religious drama and psychopathology. Lehnhoff roots the tragedy in the dysfunctional relationship between Rigoletto (Zeljko Lucic) and Gilda (Diana Damrau), rather than in the jester's developing conflict with the Duke (Juan Diego Flórez). Yet he also take...

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