Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece returns, with Verdi baritone Luca Salsi, reprising his devastating portrayal of the hunchbacked court jester. Radiant soprano Erin Morley is his naïve daughter, Gilda, and debuting at the Met rising tenor Pene Pati is the rakish Duke of Mantua, with Maestro Maurizio Benini on the podium to conduct the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 11th January, 7pm-10pm
