Piotr Beczala was a perfect duke, singing with style and the smiling assurance of a guy who knows he looks good in a dinner jacket (Bloomberg.com) Piotr Beczala as the Duke was a breezy, sleazy leader of the Rat Pack, a Frank Sinatra-type lurching from bender to hookup. His arias were winning and convincing ... (Washington Times) New DG signing, one of the greatest tenors in the world, Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdis Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera. Zeljko Lueiæ sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigolettos daughter Gilda This DVD release appears in the Verdi year 2013, as music lovers around the world celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italys beloved composer Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdis towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence [Piotr Beczala is] one of todays most exciting young singers . . . Tall, trim and handsome, with a Hollywood smile, he also emits some of the most beautiful sounds to be heard on the current opera stage. (Opera News)