Rigoletto

Rigoletto

137 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 7, 1977

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over all of his actions. In Rigoletto, the composer introduces several of his most iconic arias and duets—as well as an 11th-hour quartet that counts among the finest moments in opera.

Rigoletto

137 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 7, 1977

Rigoletto
A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over all of his actions. In Rigoletto, the composer introduces several of his most iconic arias and duets—as well as an 11th-hour quartet that counts among the finest moments in opera.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon, The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Rigoletto
Directors Kirk Browning, John Dexter
Writers Francesco Maria Piave, Victor Hugo

Cast

Cornell MacNeil

as Rigoletto

Ileana Cotrubas

as Gilda

Justino Díaz

as Sparafucile

Plácido Domingo

as The Duke of Mantua

Isola Jones

as Maddelena

Ariel Bybee

as Giovanna

John Cheek

as Monterone

Philip Booth

as Il Conte di Ceprano

Loretta di Franco

as La Contessa di Ceprano

James Atherton

as Borsa

Robert Goodloe

as Marullo

James Levine

as Self - Conductor

Alma Jean Smith

as A Page

Peter Sliker

as Chief Guard