On January 7, 2023, Vincenzo Milletarì will conduct Rigoletto at the Prague State Opera, in a production by Barbora Horáková Joly, the first of a series of four performances running through February 19, 2023. The cast includes Olaf Sigurdarson and Daniel Luis de Vicente alternating in the title role, Lucie Kaňková / Olga Jelìnková as Gilda, Ioan Hotea / Kyungo Kim as Duca di Mantova, Ivo Hrachovec / Zdeněk Plech as Sparafucile and Kateřina Jalovcová / Jana Sýkorová as Maddalena.

The Taranto-born conductor has already led Verdi’s masterpiece in the premiere of this production at the Prague State Opera in 2021. Other theatres he has conducted the opera include the Kungliga Operan Stockholm and the Den Norske Opera of Oslo.

[Photo: Marco Borrelli]