Onstage discussion after Curtain Call Rigoletto Oct 2024 - Metopera

Onstage Discussion after the 932nd performance of Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece returns, with reigning Verdi baritone Quinn Kelsey reprising his devastating portrayal of the hunchbacked court jester. Radiant soprano Nadine Sierra is his naïve daughter, Gilda, and tenor Stephen Costello is the rakish Duke of Mantua, with Maestro Pier Giorgio Morandi on the podium to conduct Bartlett Sher’s Weimar-inspired production. with a second tenor for the 4th act Pavel Valuzhin debut at the metropolitan opera house.

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I was in the audience yesterday and I wasn't sure what happened. Was Stephen Costello replaced on the Third Act? I think I heard him crack in the Second Act? And who replaced him? Thank you

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Ｉwas there, too. Belarussian tenor Pavel Valuzhin replaced Stephen Costello who had the flu in the Third Act.