Opera Theater of CT presents Rigoletto

Opera Theater of Connecticut is proud to announce its
stellar cast for its August 2013 presentation of Verdi's dynamic and moving opera,
Rigoletto, performed in celebration of the bicentennial of Verdi's
birth.

Under the leadership of General Director Kate Ford, Opera
Theater of Connecticut’s artistic team of Production Director Alan Mann and
Music Director Kyle Swann will work with one of the finest musical and dramatic
ensembles brought together in the state for this special presentation.

Since its founding, many singers and conductors performed with
Opera Theater just short years before their Metropolitan Opera debuts. This
season the pattern reverses as Metropolitan Opera artist Galen Scott Bower
debuts with Opera Theater in the title role of the complex and compelling
character of the tormented jester and yet loving father.

Returning to OTC's summer MainStage as Gilda, Rigoletto's lovely
and innocent daughter who is seduced and betrayed by the Duke of Mantua, New
York City Opera singer Amanda Hall will thrill the audience as surely as
she did performing Lucia last year in Opera Theater's acclaimed Lucia di
Lammermoor.

International rising-star Alok Kumar makes his debut both
with OTC and in the role of the venal and salacious Duke of Mantua. The
Indian-born tenor has been heard in many of the most romantic lead roles in opera
from Tel Aviv, Israel to Rome and Spoleto, Italy, and, here in the United States,
from Massachusetts to Colorado to Santa Fe to New York.

Also appearing in this Verdi blockbuster are Metropolitan Opera
Council Auditions National Finalist and Connecticut native, Nicholas Masters
as the assassin Sparafucile; National Opera Association finalist and
Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions Encouragement Award winner Jennifer
Feinstein as the sultry siren Maddalena; and, as the powerful nobleman
Monterone whose curse sets the tragic wheel in motion, Alexander Hahn. Christopher
Lucier, Luke Scott and Laurentiu Rotaru sing the roles of the courtiers
Borsa, Marullo and Ceprano, supporters and sycophants of the decadent Duke.
Soprano Theresa Pilz appears as the Countess Ceprano, the lovely focus
of the Duke’s recent fascination.

As a response to recent seasons’ sold-out performances, Opera
Theater of Connecticut will again present four performances of affordable
opera in an intimate setting at the air-conditioned Andrews Memorial
Theater, 54 East Main Street, Clinton to ensure that no one is turned away for
this not-to-be-missed production! The opera will be sung in Italian with
projected supertitles to fully appreciate all the dramatic facets of this
masterpiece.

The performances begin on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm
(followed by the traditional opening night reception) and continue on Thursday,
August 8 and Saturday, August 10 at 7:30 pm, with a final performance on
Sunday, August 11 at 6 pm. Tickets are $45.00 for Regular; $40.00 for 65 and
over, and $35.00 for Under 18.

Opera Theater also features Opera Talk, an informal, informative
talk about the evening’s opera and composer, by Artistic Director Alan Mann
starting one hour and a half before each performance. Opera Talk tickets are
$5.00.

Boxed Suppers Al Fresco Style from Chips Pub III are available
through the Opera Theater of Connecticut office for $15.00 and need to be
reserved 48 hours in advance.

For more information and to reserve your tickets, call Opera
Theater of Connecticut at 860-669-8999 or to download an order form, visit our
website at www.operatheaterofct.org.