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Thursday, March 10, 2011

VERDI’S TRAGIC MASTERPIECE IN CONCERT @ KEAN U.

Rigoletto: a concert performance
By Giuseppe Verdi

WHEN: March 24, at 8 PM
WHERE:
Enlow Recital Hall, immediately across Morris Avenue at 215 North Avenue, Hillside NJ.
TICKETS: Tickets for performances vary, ranging from $15 to $40. For further information and to make reservations, contact the Kean Stage box office at 908.527.7469. Tickets can be purchased online at www.keanstage.com. Kean University’s Little Theatre and Kean Hall are on the main campus at 1000 Morris Avenue, Union
Visit the Enlow Hall website at http://enlowhall.kean.edu.

This opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi is considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career, first performed in 1851. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.

The all-star cast gracing the Enlow Hall stage includes: Katherine Harris, soprano; Joy Hermalyn, mezzo soprano; Jin Hwan Byun, tenor; Richard Hobson, baritone; Bae Joon Lee, bass; Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano; Anthony Scelba, double bass.