Rigoletto Semperoper Dresden

Both Florez and Diana Damrau brought their bel canto expertise and superb vocalism to the service of Verdis music The Rigoletto Zeljko Lucic ran the gamut from tenderness with his Gilda to thundering fury with everyone else I also liked the production At first when Rigoletto was putting on his grease paint during the overture I was afraid that it might be a typical Eurotrash production with a bit of warmed over I Pagliacci But the sets and dramatic action really served the music and libretto I would have to say that I came to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the story and characters as a result of seeing this performance