Rigoletto (opera)

Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a novel Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed in Venice on March 11, 1851.

External links

• Rigoletto synopsis from the Metropolitan Opera.
• Rick 2003 film written by Daniel Handler (of the Lemony Snicket series), directed by Curtiss Clayton. Based on the opera, the film chronicles the tragic fall of a cursed Wall Street second banana, Rick O'Lette.

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