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Rigoletto

Scene photo from the opera Rigoletto: Rigoletto and the Duke of Mantua stand on a kind of balcony, below them the guests at a feast, men and women in historical costumes, holding candlesticks in their hands
Wiener Staatsoper / Rigoletto @ Foto: Michael Poehn
Scene photo from the opera Rigoletto: Rigoletto and the Duke of Mantua stand on a kind of balcony, below them the guests at a feast, men and women in historical costumes, holding candlesticks in their hands

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Melodrama in three acts
Text: Francesco Maria Piave

Musical direction: Carlo Rizzi
Production: Pierre Audi

Rigoletto, the Duke of Mantua's court jester, mocks the fathers and husbands of the women his master seduces and abuses. That is why the Count of Monterone curses him. Rigoletto's concern is for his daughter Gilda, whom he keeps hidden from the world. What he doesn't know is that the Duke has been seeing her secretly and anonymously for months and she has fallen in love with him. When he succeeds in seducing her, Rigoletto sets the contract killer Sparafucile on him. Gilda sacrifices herself out of love and dies in the Duke's place, and the curse is fulfilled.

Venue

Vienna State Opera

Opernring 2
1010 Wien

Tickets & Info

Current Dates

  • Sat. 21 Dec 2024, 7 p.m.
  • Wed. 25 Dec 2024, 7 p.m.
  • Sun. 29 Dec 2024, 6:30 p.m.
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