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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 7, 1977
- Original language
- Italian
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Deutsche Grammophon,The Metropolitan Opera
- Cast
- Isola Jones,Ileana Cotrubas,Alma Jean Smith,Philip Booth,Ariel Bybee,Robert Goodloe,John Cheek,James Levine,James Atherton,Plácido Domingoand 5 more
- Director
- Kirk Browning,John Dexter
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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