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Rigoletto has been in the repertoire of the Ural Opera since the first season, while changing its scenic attire only sporadically. Alexey Frandetti, director, actor, author and translator of the libretto, two-times winner of Russia’s Golden Mask National Theatre Award, made his debut in our theatre with a new production of Verdi's opera. Frandetti gained recognition as a director of musicals and, to the Ekaterinburg public, he is known for a number of his productions at the Musical Comedy Theatre.
‘Our version of Rigoletto is a psychological thriller. It is a homage to Alfred Hitchcock, both in terms of how I see the inside of Verdi’s story and work with artists on their parts, and in terms of the visual component. It is important for us to talk about the phenomenon of "overloving" — about those catastrophes in human relations, to which excessive love and guardianship lead. For me, the theme of Rigoletto's love for his daughter is the main theme in the opera.’
The premiere was the inauguration of the new Ural Opera Chief Conductor, Konstantin Chudovsky. To work on the production, he invited the Italian vocal coach Massimiliano Bullo, who has been La Scala concertmaster for forty years. ‘Maestro Bullo, who grew up close to the great Riccardo Muti, has become our guide in the Italian music, of which we, in Russia, have very superficial ideas. Together we have already staged eight Italian operas, sorting each score into bars. I can say that maestro Bullo has absorbed the experience of the La Scala masters, and now he has passed his incredible skills to Ekaterinburg singers.’
Master of the Stage (Yuri Devin — Rigoletto)