Rigoletto


3h 1981

Brief Synopsis

Giuseppe Verdi's melodrama, set in Italy in the seventeenth century, about the court jester, Rigoletto. The clown's employer, the libidinous Duke of Mantua, rapes Rigoletto's sequestered daughter, and the jester seeks his revenge, undaunted by the terrible curse that has been laid upon him by anothe

Film Details

Also Known As
Live From the Met (12/16/81)
Release Date
1981

Technical Specs

Duration
3h

Synopsis

Giuseppe Verdi's melodrama, set in Italy in the seventeenth century, about the court jester, Rigoletto. The clown's employer, the libidinous Duke of Mantua, rapes Rigoletto's sequestered daughter, and the jester seeks his revenge, undaunted by the terrible curse that has been laid upon him by another outraged father.

Film Details

Also Known As
Live From the Met (12/16/81)
Release Date
1981

Technical Specs

Duration
3h

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