Tickets on sale May 9th!<\/p>\n
Michael Mayer\u2019s acclaimed production, the talk of the opera world when it premiered in 2013, sets the action of Verdi\u2019s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas\u2014a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. In this bold new vision (featured on 60 Minutes), Piotr Beczala is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner. \u017deljko Lu\u010di\u0107 sings Rigoletto, a comedian and the Duke\u2019s sidekick, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto\u2019s innocent daughter, Gilda. When she is seduced by the Duke, Rigoletto sets out on a tragic course of murderous revenge.\u00a0 (originally transmitted on February 16, 2013).<\/p>\n
Broadcast in HD<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/p>\n Approx. Run Time<\/em>: 3 hours<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi\u2019s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. Tickets on sale May 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":40802226450,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2014-06-18 19:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2014-06-18 22:15:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2014-06-18 23:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2014-06-19 02:15:00","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"$18","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[6],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artseries":[108],"arts":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-40802194473","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artseries-the-metropolitan-opera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/40802194473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/40802194473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802226450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802194473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802194473"},{"taxonomy":"artseries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artseries?post=40802194473"},{"taxonomy":"arts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arts?post=40802194473"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=40802194473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}