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Rigoletto

0 %|Jul 21, 2001|Music

Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating the courtiers for the amusement of the Duke. The courtiers, of course, are not amused. The Duke is a ladies man who feels his life would be meaningless if he couldn't chase every skirt he sees. In fact, we learn as the opera begins that he's recently been noticing a young lady every Sunday on her way to church, and he's vowed to have his way with her. What nobody realizes is that the girl is the jester's beloved daughter, Gilda, and that Gilda has seen the Duke every Sunday and is smitten with him. Suddenly Count Monterone appears at court, furious that the Duke has seduced his daughter. Rigoletto ridicules Monterone, the Duke laughs, and Monterone casts an awful curse on both of them. Later, the courtiers discover that Rigoletto is secretly living with Gilda...

Featured Crew

Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Ippolita Tescari
Producer
Bernard Arnould
Production Design
Alphonse Poulin
Choreographer
Katia Duflot
Costume Design
Francesco Baggetta
Editor
Pierre Cavasillas
Director
Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer

Cast

actor
Aquiles Machado
Duke of Mantova
actor
Leo Nucci
Rigoletto
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Mario Luperi
Sparafucile
actor
Sarah M'Punga
Maddalena
actor
Giuseppe Riva
Count of Monterone
actor
Giovanni Floris
Matteo Borsa
actor
Angelo Nardinocchi
Count of Ceprano
actor
Tino Nava
Messenger in-waiting