Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Cornell MacNeil

Rigoletto

Ileana Cotrubas

Gilda

Justino Díaz

Sparafucile

Plácido Domingo

The Duke of Mantua

Isola Jones

Maddelena

James Levine

Self - Conductor