Rigoletto review - strong revival of Mearss violent take, with Elder revelatory in the pit

Royal Opera House, LondonThere is a touch of the Tony Sopranos about George Peteans Rigoletto, in Oliver Mears 2021 staging that evokes a world of privilege, misogyny and abuse. Aida Garifullina is a convincing and elegant GildaOliver Mears 2021 production of Rigoletto opens with an emphatic nod to the original target of Verdis opera, the historical Vincenzo I, perhaps the most reprehensible of the Gonzaga Dukes of Mantua. A womaniser and murderer, Vincenzo was nevertheless a generous patron of ...