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Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere and is considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career. Its tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to the curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter had been seduced by the Duke with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father.
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture – such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata and the "Grand March" from Aida.
Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard opera repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
Verdi was born the son of Carlo Giuseppe Verdi and Luigia Uttini in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto, then in the Département Taro which was a part of the First French Empire after the annexation of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. The baptismal register, on 11 October lists him as being "born yesterday", but since days were often considered to begin at sunset, this could have meant either 9 or 10 October. The next day, he was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin as Joseph Fortuninus Franciscus. The day after that (Tuesday), Verdi's father took his newborn the three miles to Busseto, where the baby was recorded as Joseph Fortunin François; the clerk wrote in French. "So it happened that for the civil and temporal world Verdi was born a Frenchman."
Actors: Zubin Mehta (actor), Victor Hugo (writer), Marco Bellocchio (miscellaneous crew), Plácido Domingo (actor), Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Rada Rassimov (producer), Pierre Cavassilas (director), Ruggero Raimondi (actor), Sergio Ballo (costume designer), Giovanni Sinopoli (miscellaneous crew), Bruno Frascà (miscellaneous crew), Nino Surguladze (actress), Stefania De Santis (miscellaneous crew), Barbara Rizzo (miscellaneous crew), Elena Bellocchio (actress),
Genres: Drama, Music,Actors: Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Victor Hugo (writer), Désirée Rancatore (actress), Roberto Frontali (actor), George Blume (director), Luca Dall'Amico (actor), Marco Spotti (actor), Eric Cutler (actor), Alison Chitty (costume designer), Jorio Zennaro (actor), Daniele Abbado (miscellaneous crew), Alberto Rota (actor), Armando Gabba (actor), Salvatore Giacalone (actor), Boris Stetka (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Musical,Actors: Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Victor Hugo (writer), Marcelo Álvarez (actor), Sue Judd (director), David McVicar (miscellaneous crew), Eric Halfvarson (actor), Giovanni Battista Parodi (actor), Christine Schäfer (actress), Paolo Gavanelli (actor), Elizabeth Sikora (actress), Garciela Araya (actress),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance,Actors: Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (actress), Vittorio Caprioli (actor), Gianni Cavina (actor), George Eastman (actor), Werner Kreindl (actor), Peter Pasetti (actor), Gigi Proietti (actor), Monica Scattini (actress), Mario Adorf (actor), Valentina Cortese (actress), Ilona Grübel (actress), Eva Christian (actress), José María Sánchez (director), Lidia Broccolino (actress), Giulio Scanni (producer),
Genres: ,Actors: Victor Hugo (writer), Brian Large (director), Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Orazio Mori (actor), Bruno Grella (actor), Carlo Meliciani (actor), Antonio Zerbini (actor), Gigliola Caputi (actress), Alida Ferrarini (actress), Franca Mattiucci (actress), Vicenzo Bello (actor), Carlo Manganotti (actor), Garbis Boyagian (actor),
Genres: Drama, Music,Actors: Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Valerie Masterson (actress), Piero Cappuccilli (actor), Peter Dvorský (actor), Claude Ariel (miscellaneous crew), Giovanni Foiani (actor), Gillian Knight (actress), Alain Fondary (actor), Curt Appelgren (actor), Claude Gastine (costume designer),
Genres: Musical,Actors: José W. Bustos (editor), Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' (actor), José Gálvez (actor), Gaspar Henaine (actor), Roberto Gómez Bolaños (writer), Manuel Esperón (composer), Agustín P. Delgado (director), Marco Antonio Campos (actor), Maricruz Olivier (actress), Miguel Zacarías (producer), Agustín P. Delgado (writer), Armando Sáenz (actor), Mario A. Zacarías (producer), Anabelle Gutiérrez (actress), Cesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito' (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Victor Hugo (writer), Carmine Gallone (director), Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Carmine Gallone (producer), Marcello Giorda (actor), Niccolò Lazzari (editor), Tito Gobbi (actor), Giuseppe Varni (actor), Roberto Bruni (actor), Giulio Neri (actor), Virgilio Gottardi (actor), Giulio Fiaschi (producer), Marcella Govoni (actress), Anna Maria Canale (actress), Mario Filippeschi (actor),
Genres: Music, Romance,Actors: Luise Fleck (director), Karl Ehmann (actor), Liane Haid (actress), Victor Hugo (writer), Jacob Fleck (director), Hermann Benke (actor), Wilhelm Klitsch (actor), Eduard Sekler (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Vittoria Lepanto (actress), Gerolamo Lo Savio (director), Ferruccio Garavaglia (actor),
Genres: Short,