Rigoletto's plot centres on two flawed characters, one even more despicable than the other. With its powerful music and dramatic plot, Rigoletto is considered by many, including the composer himself, ...

Indianapolis Opera is bookending its 51st season with two time-honored works that will span the spectrum of emotions. Tragedy will strike in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto" in November, while Wolfgang ...

“Rigoletto,” Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic 1851 opera about a revenge plot gone horribly awry, carries more than its fair share of 19th-century baggage. Houston Grand Opera’s latest production, which opens ...

In Michigan Opera Theatre’s Rigoletto, the company stays close to the truth of the story while diverging fascinatingly from the piece’s original place and period. So says Principal Conductor Stephen ...

This month, the Atlanta Opera stages Verdi’s Rigoletto. To help you impress (or entertain) your opera-going companions, a few nuggets you can drop before the curtain rises or during intermission. The ...

DENVER — If Opera Colorado wanted to give its patrons a healthy dose of confidence in its recent reorganization and revitalization campaign, the outstanding production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” that ...

In context, these words are ironic, even painful. But we have to get there first. Rigoletto tells the story of a hunchbacked court jester of the same name (Malcolm MacKenzie) and his daughter, Gilda ...

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The three act opera “Rigoletto” — written by Giuseppe Verdi, with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play “Le roi s’amuse” by Victor Hugo — has been a hit since performance one. Why?

Carmen, Mimi, Norma, Tosca, Violetta, Cio-Cio-San, Medea, Liù, Aida, Lulu: Being an opera heroine is harrowing work. For hundreds of years, opera's women have ...