For an opera that had its premiere in 1851, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto has a startling relevancy in the era of #MeToo, and Opera Hong Kong’s new production presents a powerful portrait of a world ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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, ...

San Francisco Opera opens its 103rd season on Friday, September 5 with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit gala co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (September ...

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 ...