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Rigoletto is an opera in three acts [a] by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.
Rigoletto, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave) that premiered at La Fenice opera house in Venice on March 11, 1851. Based closely on the controversial 1832 play Le Roi s’amuse (The King Amuses Himself; also performed in English as The
Rigoletto is a dramatic opera that revolves around Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester for the Duke of Mantua – a morally corrupt ruler known for his womanising ways. Rigoletto’s life becomes complicated when his latest wisecrack starts a vendetta that is far from amusing, leaving him cursed.
Rigoletto. An opera in three acts, sung in Italian. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Based on the play Le Roi s’Amuse by Victor Hugo. First performed March 11, 1851, at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice. Who’s Who. Rigoletto. A court jester.
Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House. Rigoletto is the first of Verdi’s middle period operas and marks a shift towards coherent musical tapestries instead of the typical Italian aria format (though Verdi by no means leaves the form behind).
Overview. Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece returns, with reigning Verdi baritone Quinn Kelsey reprising his devastating portrayal of the hunchbacked court jester. Radiant soprano Nadine Sierra is his naïve daughter, Gilda, and tenor Stephen Costello is the rakish Duke of Mantua, with Maestro Pier Giorgio Morandi on the podium to conduct ...
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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, this new production of Rigoletto marks director Claus Guth’s first collaboration with the Paris Opera.
At a ball at the ducal court of Mantua, the hunchbacked jester Rigoletto mocks the courtiers cuckolded by the profligate Duke, stirring them to plans of vengeance. Count Monterone appeals to the Duke for the return of his dishonoured daughter, but is cruelly mocked by Rigoletto.
Rigoletto, the hunch-backed jester of the court of Mantua, constantly ridicules courtiers about the lustful Duke’s affairs with their wives. At a court ball, he enjoys hearing the Duke speak obscenely about a young woman who has recently caught his eye.
