Rigoletto

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Rigoletto is a renowned opera by Giuseppe Verdi, celebrated for its dramatic intensity and iconic arias such as "La donna è mobile."

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instanceOf opera
basedOn Le roi s’amuse
basedOnAuthor Victor Hugo
censoringAuthority Austrian censors in Venice
censorshipIssues yes
commissionedBy Teatro La Fenice
composer Giuseppe Verdi
era Romantic period
firstPublisher Ricordi
genre melodramma
tragic opera
hasCatalogueNumber no standard opus number
hasRoleForVoiceType baritone
bass
soprano
tenor
language Italian
librettist Francesco Maria Piave
notableAria Caro nome
La donna è mobile
notableQuartet Bella figlia dell’amore
notableRecording Rigoletto (1955, Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin)
Rigoletto (1964, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge)
linked to: Rigoletto

Rigoletto (1971, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge)
numberOfActs 3
operaNumberInVerdiOeuvre 17
originalSourceGenre play
originalSourceLanguage French
originalSourceTitle Le roi s’amuse
originalTitle Rigoletto
partOf standard operatic repertoire
placeOfComposition Italy
premiereCountry Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
premiereDate 1851-03-11
premierePlace Teatro La Fenice, Venice
linked to: Teatro La Fenice
principalCharacter Duke of Mantua
Gilda
Maddalena
Rigoletto
Sparafucile
publisherCity Milan
setting Mantua, Italy
linked to: Mantua
structure three-act opera
theme curse
deception
paternal love
revenge
timePeriodOfSetting 16th century
workByComposer Giuseppe Verdi

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Anna Netrebko notableWork Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi notableWork Rigoletto
La donna è mobile partOf Rigoletto
La donna è mobile fromOpera Rigoletto
Rigoletto originalTitle Rigoletto
Rigoletto principalCharacter Rigoletto
Rigoletto notableRecording Rigoletto (1964, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge)
linked to: Rigoletto
Il trovatore followsWork Rigoletto
Italian opera hasNotableWork Rigoletto
Gilda appearsIn Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Gilda hasFather Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Gilda isDaughterOf Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Gilda livesWith Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Gilda isLovedBy Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Gilda firstAppearance Rigoletto, Act I
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
linked to: Rigoletto
Gilda deathScene Rigoletto, Act III
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
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Gilda protectiveFigure Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Gilda isDeceivedBy Rigoletto
subject linked to: Gilda in Rigoletto
Jonathan Miller notableProduction Rigoletto (Mafia-style production for English National Opera)
linked to: Rigoletto