Rigoletto Caro nome ( Ekaterina Siurina, The Royal Opera)

Ekaterina Siurina sings Gilda s aria Caro nome from Act I of Verdi s Rigoletto. Find out more at Giuseppe Verdi wrote in 1855 that Rigoletto, based on Victor Hugos play Le Roi samuse, was his best opera. He had to overcome state censorship to stage it the censors objected to its depiction of an immoral ruler but he was vindicated by the premieres huge success in 1851. Rigoletto was performed 250 times in the next 10 years and has remained one of the most popular of all operas. David McVicars production highlights the cruelty and degeneracy at the heart of the court of Mantua. Richly dressed courtiers engage in brutal orgies and revelries to Verdi s spirited dances. In contrast, Rigoletto lives in a rundown hovel and laments his unhappy existence in a powerful soliloquy. Along with this and Rigolettos Act II aria Cortigiani, vil razza dannata , musical highlights include the ebullient L br, br,