This production of Verdi’s great master piece has a star-studded cast and expectations of memorable performances are so high that the premiere performance will be screened live not just in Europe but throughout the world. It will be showing at 188 venues throughout the world.
RIGOLETTO
Royal Opera House, London
Saturday April 21st 2012 at 7.30pm
Conductor – John Eliot Gardner
Rigoletto – Dimityi Platanias
Gilda – Ekaterina Siurina
Duke of Mantua – Vittorio Grigolo
Count Monterone – Gianfranco Montresor
Maddalena – Christine Rice
Sparafucile – Matthew Rose
Giovanna – Elizabeth Sikora
Marullo – ZhengZhong Zhou
Matteo Borsa – Pablo Bemsch
Count Ceprano – Jihoon Kim
Countess Ceprano – Susana Gaspar
Usher – Nigel Cliffe
Page – Andrea Hazell
Two hotel nights with breakfast and best category ticket for Rigoletto
(Arrival on Friday April 20th – Departure on Sunday April 22nd)
Price £365 per person
One extra night £70 per person
Single room supplement £65 per night.
(It is unlikely that it will be possible to take bookings for this package after February 10th).
Option Extra, concert on Friday April 20th at 7.30pm in the historic church of St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square. ‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight’. The Trafalgar Sinfonia. Conductor. Ivor Settlefield. Violin. Benjamin Nabarro
Programme. Handel-The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba/Bach-Air on a G String/Mozart-Salzburg Symphony No. 3/Mozart-Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Bach-Brandenberg Concerto No. 3/Vivaldi-Violin Concerto Op. 8 No. 6 ‘Il Piacere’/Vivaldi-The Four Seasons.
The concert last for two hours including an interval of twenty minutes.
Best category seats in the Nave £27.50.
Each bedroom is fully air-conditioned has broadband access, satellite TV, pay-per-view movies, tea and coffee making facilities, direct dial telephone, voice mail, LCD screen TV, radio, trouser press, 24 hour room service and a laptop safe.
The hotel’s facilities include a fitness centre, internet lounge, chargeable secure parking, disabled access to all public areas, mobility and physically impaired equipment available on request (subject to availability), restaurant, bar and lounge, 24 hour room service, concierge, laundry, broadband and wireless access in rooms and public areas, foreign exchange, safety deposit boxes, complimentary newspapers (on request) and multi-lingual staff.
An excellent feature of this hotel is its Minsky’s Restaurant which offers a carvery buffet, à la carte and table d’hôte menus.




