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Rigoletto — Teatru tal-Opra Aurora, Victoria (Gozo) (2015)

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On 22 May 2015, Gaulitana: A Festival of Music presented a one-night, full-scale staging of Verdi’s Rigoletto at Teatru tal-Opra Aurora in Victoria (Gozo). Enrico Castiglione directed (also set design) with costumes by Sonia Cammarata; Colin Attard led the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and Gaulitanus Choir. The international cast featured Piero Terranova (Rigoletto), Giorgio Casciarri (Il Duca di Mantova), Natalia Roman (Gilda), Emanuele Cordaro (Sparafucile) and Agata Bienkowska (Maddalena).

Opera • Staged • Italian

Giuseppe Verdi — Rigoletto (1851)

Full-scale Gaulitana festival production at Teatru tal-Opra Aurora featuring Piero Terranova in the title role; staged by Enrico Castiglione and conducted by Colin Attard with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) and Gaulitanus Choir.

  • Venue: Teatru tal-Opra Aurora (Victoria, Gozo, MT)
  • Date: Fri 22 May 2015 (1 performance)
  • Festival/Presenter: Gaulitana: A Festival of Music (Gaulitanus Choir)
  • Language: Italian

Creative team & ensembles

ConductorColin Attard
Stage DirectorEnrico Castiglione
Set DesignerEnrico Castiglione
Costume DesignerSonia Cammarata
OrchestraMalta Philharmonic Orchestra
ChorusGaulitanus Choir (male section) with Italian choristers

Cast (role — singer)

RigolettoPiero Terranova
Il Duca di MantovaGiorgio Casciarri
GildaNatalia Roman
SparafucileEmanuele Cordaro
MaddalenaAgata Bienkowska
Il Conte di MonteroneSalvatore Di Salvo
Matteo BorsaDave Monaco
Il Conte di CepranoAlberto Maria Munafò
MarulloMarco (sic) / “Marvo” Tinnirello (per event listing)
GiovannaMay Caruana
Contessa di CepranoPatricia Buttigieg
PaggioAnnabelle Zammit
AraldoDavid Debono

Note: The public event listing spells “Marullo” singer as “Marvo Tinnirello”; we preserve the published credit.

Performance date

  • Fri 22 May 2015 — 20:00 (Victoria, Gozo)

Venue

Teatru tal-Opra Aurora
100, Triq ir-Repubblika, Victoria, Gozo, Malta

Notes

  • Production formed the headline event of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music.
  • Dedicated to Maltese tenor and pedagogue Paul Asciak (as announced locally).
  • Pre-Opera Talk by Albert G. Storace at 19:00; complimentary ferry–theatre transport was offered with booking.

About the work

Verdi’s Rigoletto (1851) sets Francesco Maria Piave’s libretto after Victor Hugo’s Le roi s’amuse.
A dark study of power, vengeance and paternal love, it’s famed for the Duke’s hit aria “La donna è mobile”
and the Act III quartet “Bella figlia dell’amore.”