Baritone Simon Keenlyside steps into the pinnacle role of the Italian baritone repertory in Michael Mayers electrifying production set in 1960 in a Las Vegas casino. eljko Lucic"Rigoletto when this staging premiered"sings later performances, and tenors Stephen Costello and Piotr Beczala share the role of the licentious Duke. Back from her triumphant Met debut in I Puritani, soprano Olga Peretyatko is Gilda. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Verdis timeless tragedy.