Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Revenge and tragedy strike onstage with Verdi's Rigoletto. Dark and brooding, this ...

What to do with a Giuseppe Verdi opera that involves a virginal woman being degraded, abducted and treated as so much property, comes with no female chorus and yet is beloved at least in part for its ...

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.

To Raise the Curtain on San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season, San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present Opera Ball on Friday, September 5, 2025. The festive evening includes a ...

Los Angeles Opera hasn’t had a lot of luck with “Rigoletto,” which returned to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage Saturday night. The company’s first attempt was in 1993. Hoping for Hollywood magic, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Some of the most famous moments in all of opera will get a central Indiana airing in November as the Indianapolis Opera presents “Rigoletto.” Giuseppi Verdi first penned ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Opera will present Verdi’s classic opera ‘Rigoletto’ at the Tarkington Theatre on November 14th, 15th, and 16th, featuring local talent Ganson Salmon as the Duke of ...

Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

Opera in the Heights (Oh!) presents Giuseppe Verdi’s "Rigoletto," which kicks off its 2014-2015 season opening at historic Lambert Hall, 1703 Heights Blvd., on Sept. 26 in the Houston Heights. The ...