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Rigoletto
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Running time: 3 hours 15 minutes (2 Intervals)
Performed in Italian with English surtitles
10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25 February 2009
Verdi’s Rigoletto is justly one of the best-known of all great chorus operas, and The Royal Opera’s revival brings it back with a wonderful international cast under a renowned conductor of Italian opera, Daniel Oren.
In David McVicar’s powerful and perceptive staging, the cruel and the beautiful collide in a corrupt society, at whose head is the womanizing and carefree young Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto, the deformed court jester at the Duke’s court, has to play a hard game to survive.
Throughout, Verdi’s vision brings out the full range of the characters’ emotions, from elation to despair. No wonder, then, that Rigoletto’s combination of music and engrossing action continues to thrill each time it returns to the Covent Garden stage. This production contains nudity.
Choose from one of our Royal Opera House Hospitality packages. Dine in house at the Amphitheatre or balcony restaurant s or choose from one of our specially selected restaurants listed in the package detail.

Price Guide
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Fine Dining Experience |
In-House Dining Experience |
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£365 |
£395 |
Your package includes:
- VIP seat for the show for the show of your choice
- Pre-show or post-show three-course dinner at one of our recommended top London restaurants including: Marco Pierre White Criterion Grill, Langan’s Brasserie, L’Escargot, The Ritz, Incognico, Green’s, Christopher’s, Orso and
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- A glass of champagne on arrival at the restaurant
- Coffee
Alternatively Dine in-house at one of the following restaurants:
Amphitheatre Restaurant: An elegant, contemporary restaurant situated on the top floor of the House, offering one seasonally changing à la carte menu for guests
Balconies Restaurant: The ultimate complement to the best in opera and ballet. Tables for dinner can be found just a few paces from the auditorium and overlook the spectacular foyer of the Royal Opera House
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