Rigoletto (1982)

Cast

Cast overview:
	Ingvar Wixell	...	Rigoletto / Monterone
	Edita Gruberova	...	Gilda
	Luciano Pavarotti	...	Il Duca di Mantova
	Ferruccio Furlanetto	...	Sparafucile
	Victoria Vergara	...	Maddalena
	Fedora Barbieri	...	Giovanna
	Bernd Weikl	...	Marullo (singing voice)
	Roland Bracht	...	Ceprano
	Louis Otey	...	Marullo
	Rémy Corazza	...	Borsa
	Kathleen Kuhlmann	...	Contessa di Ceprano

Storyline

This summary contains the complete plot of the opera Rigoletto by Guiseppi Verdi. Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating the courtiers for the amusement of the Duke. The courtiers, of course, are not amused. The Duke is a ladies man who feels his life would be meaningless if he couldn't chase every skirt he sees. In fact, we learn as the opera begins that he's recently been noticing a young lady every Sunday on her way to church, and he's vowed to have his way with her. What nobody realizes is that the girl is the jester's beloved daughter, Gilda, and that Gilda has seen the Duke every Sunday and is smitten with him. Suddenly Count Monterone appears at court, furious that the Duke has seduced his daughter. Rigoletto ridicules Monterone, the Duke laughs... Written by Bill Anderson <billanderson@my-deja.com>  

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