Norma week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Cyrano: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Hansel and Gretel: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Rigoletto: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Summer 2007

Rigoletto - Week One

The cast won't see the massive Rigoletto set until they begin rehearsing on the Academy of Music stage next week. Until then, director Robert Driver uses a set model to point out different areas of the stage, which are marked on the Rehearsal Hall floor.

Soprano Chen Reiss makes her Opera Company debut as Gilda. Here, she goes over staging with baritone Alan Opie (center) and Director Robert Driver (right).

Baritone Alan Opie (left) as Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester, goes over some staging notes with Director Robert Driver (right).

Director Robert Driver (left) goes over some notes with tenor Dominic Armstrong (right), who makes his Opera Company debut as Borsa.

Assistant Director Seth Hoff (left) goes over some notes with Director Robert Driver (right).

Director Robert Driver (left) stages an action-packed Rigoletto. Here he jumps into the scene along side (from left to right) bass-baritone DeAndre Simmons as Count Ceprano, baritone Alan Opie as Rigoletto, tenor Dominic Armstrong as Borsa, and baritone Dimitrie Lazich as Marullo.

Tenor Matthew Polenzani (left) makes his Opera Company debut as the Duke of Mantua. Director Robert Driver (right) discusses the movements in his staging.

Baritone Alan Opie makes his Opera Company debut as Rigoletto. Baritone Dimitrie Lazich (right), who last appeared as the Notary in 2004's Don Pasquale, returns as Marullo.

Baritone Dimitrie Lazich (left) and bass-baritone DeAndre Simmons (right) return to the Academy of Music stage as Marullo and Count Ceprano.