"Rigoletto is full of soaring music which makes one feel one's heart is going to burst." - Warwick Fyfe, Rigoletto

Opera doesn't get more melodramatic than Rigoletto, Verdi's heartbreaking tale of love and deception. Amid a flow of glorious melody, it features the celebrated aria "la donna è mobile", one of the most recognisable tunes in all opera.

Lindy Hume, whose 2007 Lucia di Lammermoor so thrilled its audiences, returns to New Zealand to direct this new production. The NBR New Zealand Opera's Director of Music, Wyn Davies, conducts a stellar cast, including Warwick Fyfe in the title role, Emma Pearson as his daughter Gilda and Rafael Rojas as the cynical womaniser, the Duke of Mantua.

An NBR New Zealand Opera production
Featuring The Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus
Accompanied by The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Read our Q&A with Australian baritone Warwick Fyfe (LIVE magazine)

Ticketing information
Concessions available for Senior Citizens and students with ID at all performances. (Subject to availability)
Save with groups of 10 or more. Book by phone 09 357 3354

Performance times

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