Rigoletto
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-11-07
Runtime: 137 mins
Director: John Dexter, Kirk Browning
Writer: Francesco Maria Piave
Spoken language: Italiano
Genres: Drama, Music
Original title: Rigoletto
Production Companies: Deutsche Grammophon, The Metropolitan Opera
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Cornell MacNeil
Ileana Cotrubas
Justino Díaz
Plácido Domingo
Isola Jones
Ariel Bybee
John Cheek
Philip Booth
Loretta di Franco
James Atherton
Robert Goodloe
James Levine
Alma Jean Smith
Peter Sliker
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