Verdi: Rigoletto

Verdi: Rigoletto

1982
2h 8m
6.9

6.9/10

8 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Music
Overview

Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating the courtiers for the amusement of the Duke. The courtiers, of course, are not amused. The Duke is a ladies man who feels his life would be meaningless if he couldn't chase every skirt he sees. In fact, we learn as the opera begins that he's recently been noticing a young lady every Sunday on her way to church, and he's vowed to have his way with her. What nobody realizes is that the girl is the jester's beloved daughter, Gilda, and that Gilda has seen the Duke every Sunday and is smitten with him. Suddenly Count Monterone appears at court, furious that the Duke has seduced his daughter. Rigoletto ridicules Monterone, the Duke laughs, and Monterone casts an awful curse on both of them. Later, the courtiers discover that Rigoletto is secretly living with Gilda...

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Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Unitel Deutsche Grammophon
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
Italian

Keywords

opera filmed opera

Quick Facts

Original Title Rigoletto
Release Date January 24, 1982
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt0253590

Cast

Ingvar Wixell
Ingvar Wixell

Rigoletto / Monterone

Edita Gruberova
Edita Gruberova

Gilda

Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti

Il Duca di Mantova

Ferruccio Furlanetto
Ferruccio Furlanetto

Sparafucile

Victoria Vergara
Victoria Vergara

Maddalena

Fedora Barbieri
Fedora Barbieri

Giovanna

Bernd Weikl
Bernd Weikl

Marullo (singing voice)

Roland Bracht
Roland Bracht

Ceprano

Louis Otey
Louis Otey

Marullo

Rémy Corazza
Rémy Corazza

Borsa

Kathleen Kuhlmann
Kathleen Kuhlmann

Contessa di Ceprano

Maren Shipman
Maren Shipman

Page

Key Crew

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Director
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Horant H. Hohlfeld
Executive Producer