THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
A Concert Version of An opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. The opera’s original title, La Maledizion (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by the Count Monterone, whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.
An opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. The opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. The work, Verdi’s sixteenth in the genre, is widely considered to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi’s middle-to-late career.
"WE THE PEOPLE" Immigrant stories in music - part 11
IN PROGRAM:
Stanislaw MONIUSZKO: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
“WE THE PEOPLE” — Immigrant stories in music —
IN PROGRAM:
Stanislaw MONIUSZKO: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology