Sung in Italian, with English translation projected
above the stage.
Performed with the
Center Stage Opera Orchestra
Brian Onderdonk, Conductor
Tawnee Lillo, Manager
Directed by
Dylan
F. Thomas
(current outreach stage director for Opera
Pacific)
Verdi's masterpiece, featuring some of opera's most recognizeable
tunes (including "La donna e mobile", and the famous quartet)
is presented by Center Stage Opera at Canoga Park's Madrid
Theatre with two exceptional casts, and an orchestra to match!
With most roles being double cast, you might want to catch BOTH shows, as each cast is equally fantastic!

Rigoletto:
Bruce Wright (6/21)
Kenneth Smithfield (6/22)
Gilda:
Shira
Renee Thomas (6/21)
Daria
Somers (6/22)
Adrien
Roberts (cover)
Duke:
Ernest Alvarez (6/21)
Mathew
Edwardsen (6/22)
Sparafucile:
Gabriel Vamvulescu
Maddalena:
Tamora
Pellikka
Borsa:
Laurent
Martin
Marullo:
Eric Carampatan
Count Ceprano:
Kevin Wiley (6/21)
Andy Watson (6/22)
Countess Ceprano:
Jennifer Grayson (6/21)
Jennifer Seidman (6/22)
Giovanna:
Adrien
Roberts (6/21)
Michelle Jackson (6/22)
Page:
Katherine Clark
Herald:
Johnathon McCullough (6/21)
Sean Sullivan (6/22)