Release Date

07 Nov, 1977

Runtime

02:17: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over all of his actions. In Rigoletto, the composer introduces several of his most iconic arias and duets—as well as an 11th-hour quartet that counts among the finest moments in opera.

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Actors

Cornell MacNeil

Ileana Cotrubas

Justino Díaz

Plácido Domingo

Isola Jones

Ariel Bybee

John Cheek

Philip Booth

Loretta di Franco

James Atherton

Robert Goodloe

James Levine

Alma Jean Smith

Peter Sliker

MET Orchestra

Crew

Giuseppe Verdi

John Dexter

Francesco Maria Piave

Victor Hugo

Kirk Browning

Joseph Volpe

James Levine

Gil Wechsler

James Levine

John Dexter

Tanya Moiseiwitsch

Tanya Moiseiwitsch

Norbert Vesak

Anthony A. Bliss