House: San Francisco Opera
Conductor: Stephen Lord
Director: Harry Silverstien
Singers: Paolo Gavanelli as Rigoletto, Mary Dunleavy as Gilda, Giuseppe Gipali as the Duke and Greer Grimsley as Monterone.
Second opera of the season, the first one I actually got to see with
Mary Dunleavy as Gilda was fantastic despite the two rather bad misses (bad as in I heard them and cringed, but I have no idea who else heard them apart from me and
There where a few moments where I had my doubt on the interaction between the condutor/orchestra and actors, but they pulled together and delivered, I think partly helped by a really good choir.
Never seen an opera before in San Francisco? Go see Rigoletto and enjoy.