Chaea Seo - Rigoletto

Rigoletto 리골레토

Yeonhee Theater, Seoul, Korea

Saturday, July 3, 2021

CREATIVE TEAM

Stage Director : 조은비 Eunbi Cho

Choreographer : 김연화 Yeonhwa Kim

Scenic Designer : 신상화 Sanghwa Shin

Costume Designer : 서채아 Chaea Seo

Lighting Designer : 이차훈 Chahoon Lee

Make-up : 김진영 Jinyoung Kim

CAST

Rigoletto : 최병혁 Byung-hyuk Choi

Gilda : 임은송 Eun-song Lim

Duke of Mantua : 정제윤 Je-yoon Jung

Sparafucile : 이승희 Seung-hee Lee

Maddalena : 한혜진 Hye-jin Han

Monterone : 송나라 Na-ra Song

Borsa : 최찬양 Chan-yang Choi

Marullo : 김승민 Seung-min Kim

Count Ceprano : 유영은 Young-eun Yoo

Actors : 염창민, 권회득, 송다미 Yeom Chang-min, Kwon Hoe-deuk, Song Da-mi

노이오페라코러스 Noi Opera Chorus

I was the costume designer for Rigoletto.

Synopsis

Rigoletto is a three-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi, centred around Rigoletto, the jester of the Duke of Mantua. The dissolute Duke seduces many women, and Rigoletto mocks him, inciting the anger of the nobles. The Duke sets his sights on Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter, whom Rigoletto tries to protect. However, the nobles mistakenly believe Gilda is Rigoletto's lover and kidnap her, delivering her to the Duke. Determined to seek revenge, Rigoletto hires the assassin Sparafucile to kill the Duke. But Sparafucile's sister, Maddalena, falls for the Duke and persuades her brother to kill the first person who enters the inn instead. Learning of the plan, Gilda sacrifices herself for her father and is murdered by Sparafucile. When Rigoletto receives the body bag, he discovers his daughter's death and realizes the fulfilment of Monterone's curse, plunging him into despair. This opera deals with a tragic fate and paternal love.

This production offers a new perspective on Rigoletto by involving the cast and audience in a mock trial setting.

Costume Design Concept

I was the costume designer for Rigoletto. I wanted to express the emotion of each character through the costumes. The costumes were expressed by using lines.

The character of Rigoletto is complex. Of course, everyone is complex but I felt that Rigoletto has the most complex character in the opera. For him, I used purple and lime colours. The fluorescent lime represents a life of splendor and purple symbolizes sin. I could imagine him while I was painting it.

Gilda is a pure and obedient girl and she is honest about love. So, I expressed her character through straight lines. Mantova’s character should not be crossed, so I expressed him by using checker lines. For Maddalena I used a snake motif and Sparafucile has a simple but complex psychology so I used a complex pattern in his costume.