Richard Bratby

Clear, complex and gripping: Opera North’s Rigoletto reviewed

Plus: one of the most intriguing recent conductor signings at a UK orchestra

Willard White is majestic and raw as Monterone and Eric Greene is fascinating as Rigoletto in Opera North's new production. Photo: Clive Barda 
issue 29 January 2022

Say what you like about that Duke of Mantua, but he’s basically an OK sort of bloke. A bit of an arse, sure; the kind of TOWIE-adjacent, skinny jean-wearing reality star who’d commission photographic portraits of himself and recruit an entourage of hipsters and B-boy wannabes. But really, his worst crimes are against taste.

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