Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi

Concert Classical Opera
Dates

May 1 to 9, 2027

4 performances

A brand-new production, Rigoletto unleashes Verdi’s theatrical power in full force. The celebrated third-act quartet — one of opera’s most iconic moments — will feature Matthew White, Sarah Dufresne, Etienne Dupuis, and Rose Naggar-Tremblay.

Under the direction of François Racine, this staging revisits Victor Hugo’s Le Roi s’amuse with intensity, exposing a world where passion, authority, and moral corruption collide. 

A bitter jester in the service of a predatory duke, Rigoletto believes he’s untouchable — until the cruelty he helps fuel comes crashing back onto his own life. His daughter Gilda, sheltered from the world, falls in love with the same duke without knowing who he really is. Manipulation, betrayal, vengeance: the tension tightens around father and daughter, propelling them toward a fate as devastating as it is inevitable. Even the purest love offers no protection here.

  • Language Italian, subtitled in French and English
  • Duc

    Matthew White

    Gilda

    Sarah Dufresne

    Rigoletto

    Etienne Dupuis

    Sparafucile

    Nathan Berg 

    Maddalena

    Rose Naggar-Tremblay

    Monterone

    Gregory Dahl

    Paggio

    Grace Budoloski

    Comte Ceprano

    Onur Hilaloglu

    Comtesse Ceprano

    Ellita Gagner

    Borsa

    Jeremy Scinocca

    Marullo

    Dante Mullin Santone

  • Musical direction

    Simon Rivard

    Stage direction

    François Racine

    Scenography

    Jean Bard

    Lighting Design

    Alexandre Pilon-Guay

    Costumes

    Jessica Poirier-Chang

    Choir

    Chœur de l’Opéra de Montréal

    Orchestra

    Orchestre Métropolitain

  • Production / Presentation

    Opéra de Montréal

    Financial support

    SODEC

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