Bringing digital cinema and theatre to the heart of the Peak District

Bregenz Festival

Rigoletto On The Lake

We will be showing Verdi’s Rigoletto on Lake Constance, Austria on Tuesday 17th September at 7.30pm

Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – is being performed for the first time on the unique, Bregenz lake stage.

The court jester Rigoletto jokes about the licentious ways of his master the duke, whom he actively supports in his various conquests. His laughter incenses Monterone, whose daughter has been dishonoured by the duke, and it sticks in his throat when Monterone curses him. Without realising it, Rigoletto becomes an accomplice in the kidnapping of his own daughter Gilda, whom he protectively keeps confined to the house. She sees the duke’s advances as a chance to escape from her father’s custody. Rigoletto engages a murderer to put an end once and for all to the duke’s egotistical philandering. But when Rigoletto is about to throw the shrouded body into the water, he hears the duke singing his cynical credo La donna è mobile and fears for his daughter’s life …

Directed and designed by Philip Stölzl, this timeless tragedy will delight audiences with a powerhouse combination of entertainment and emotional intensity from the spectacular shore of Lake Constance.

You can watch the official promotional video, with clips of previous events here

Doors open 30 minutes before the performance commences. Please arrive in plenty of time to register and, if you wish, order interval drinks.

For booking information please go here


Date

Tue. 17 Sep, 2019
Expired!

Time

19:30 - 22:00

Cost

£12.50
  • Availability: Tickets on sale six weeks before event