Rigoletto wants to protect his daughter Gilda from the abusive Duke at all costs – but his revenge turns into the cruelest of all defeats: It's not the Duke, but Gilda who falls victim. Is this the fulfillment of the gruesome curse imposed on Rigoletto at the beginning? Verdi combines the dark force of a revenge thriller with the tragedy of an unconditional, yet one-sided love – and at the same time creates an explosive political drama, which Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito bring to the fore in their production.

Rigoletto

Stuttgart Opera

By the middle of the 19th Century, the figure of Salome, a woman who enforced her erotic desires by using lethal violence, had developed into both – incarnation of female ferocity and symbol for pure eroticism – in short to the most important Christian-mythological female figure within the world of music and literature. It resembles an ecstatic dance on the verge of a precipice which finally evolved into a symbol of decadence: Until today, the opera has not lost any of its equally fascinating and disturbing power.

Elena Salvatori

Events

Past events

Oct 12 - Nov 11, 2025

Rigoletto · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Oct 13 - Nov 16, 2024

Salome · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

A slave in Salome by Strauss

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Countess of Ceprano in Rigoletto by Verdi

Staatsoper Stuttgart

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