In March 1851, Verdi’s Rigoletto wowed an unsuspecting crowd at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The surprise was twofold. Not only was the composer following one of his worst flops, Stiffelio, but he ...

Rigoletto is conducted by Maestro Jason Tramm, who serves as the Artistic & Executive Director of Light Opera of New Jersey. Sung in Italian with supertitles. To purchase tickets, click this link, or ...

Every character in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto goes way overboard for love. Hunchbacked jester Rigoletto loves daughter Gilda so much he locks her inside the house, except for Sunday church services.

There's a simple but inspired piece of staging in the San Francisco Opera's "Rigoletto," the 1851 Verdi masterwork that opened Saturday at the War Memorial Opera House. A father has just guessed the ...

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi signs a contract in April 1850 to write a new work for the 1850-'51 season of Venice's La Fenice theater. Among the proposed subjects is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's ...

As the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra unleashes its prelude to Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto," the title character appears, his back to the audience, striking a series of twisted poses. The sequence ...

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The performances will take place at the 4,680-seat Odeon of Herodes Atticus located at the foot of the Acropolis. The production is directed by the Festival's Artistic Director, Katerina Evangelatos, ...

The womanising Duke of Mantua is hosting a magnificent party in his apartments: his jester Rigoletto cruelly mocks the husbands and fathers of the many women his master has seduced. One of them, ...