Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Sunday, June 20, 2004
The presentation by William Fulton, full of humor, stories, history, and music, will
enchant listeners with a behind-the-scenes look at the music of Guiseppi Verdi and Rigoletto.
Mr. Fulton is a panelist on the Met Opera Theatre Quiz; an arts and cultural director of Mississippi public
radio and TV; a music historian, and a singer with the Mississippi Opera.
The $15.00 donation to attend "Opera 101" includes generous sampling of several delicious desserts, coffee,
or tea, with the lecture. Make your reservations by mailing your check to:
For more information or to check for seat availability for "Opera 101", call Katherine Lundberg at 501-262-1174
or email dklundberg@aristotle.net.
RIGOLETTO
7:30 p.m.
Fountain Lake High School
Hwy 7 N. - 5.5 miles
North of Downtown
Opera 101
"Italian Dessets, Italian Opera"
Belle Arti Restaurant
719 Central Avenue
Hot Springs, Arkansas
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Hot Springs Opera Guild
PO Box 6263
Hot Springs, AR 71902
Your check is your Reservation.
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RIGOLETTO
JUNE 22nd, 2004
This wonderful opera, by Giuseppi Verdi, is set within the context of an Eastern European one-ring family circus
complete with an array of circus performers, including Rigoletto, the sad clown, and Sparafueile,
a roadie/tentmaster, and his sister Maddalena, a fortune teller. The theme of one person's
power over another is embodied in the evil Ringmaster, who boosts or his amorous conquests
and ultimately seduces Rigoletto's beloved daughter, Gilda. Vowing revenge, Rigoletto pays
Sparafucile to kill the Ringmaster, but the sad clown is ultimately destroyed as Gilda sacrifices
herself for her lover and is murdered in place of the Ringmaster.
Wildwood Artistic Director Ann Chotard returns as stage director for this tragic opera. This is her
first production since 1998's imaginative Madame Butterfly.
Wildwood favorites, Rob Holden, Geroge Dyer, and Gregory Pearson return to the stage as Rigoletto,
the Ringmaster, and Sparafucile. Soprano Amy Cofield makes her Wildwood debute as Gilda. Piot Sulkowski
conducts the gypsy band, which is part of the action on stage. Rigoletto will be sung
in English.
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