The Metropolitan Opera in HD: Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto

Visions and Voices

Saturday, February 23, 2013 : 12:00pm

University Park Campus
Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre

Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, go to: http://cinema.usc.edu/Rigoletto.


Director Michael Mayer has set his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in 1960 Las Vegas. Inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, this production features Piotr Beczala as the womanizing Duke of Mantua and Zeljko Luci? as his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto.

The USC School of Cinematic Arts will host a series of satellite broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera presented in spectacular HD digital projection and 5.1 surround sound.
 
Following a pre-opera discussion hosted by Elizabeth Hynes, chair of vocal arts and opera in the USC Thornton School of Music, a satellite broadcast will feature the Met’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Director Michael Mayer has set his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in 1960 Las Vegas. Inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, this production features Piotr Beczala as the womanizing Duke of Mantua; Zeljko Lucic as his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto; and Diana Damrau as Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.

Related Event:
 
Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello
Sunday, November 11
12 p.m.: Pre-Opera Discussion
1 p.m.: HD Opera Broadcast
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
For more info, click here.
 
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera and the USC Thornton School of Music.

Photo: Nick Heavican