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Verdi's Rigoletto Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

Verdi鈥檚 heart-breaking masterpiece returns to the Met featuring the Met debut of rising tenor Pene Pati, alongside soprano Erin Morley and baritone Luca Salsi.

A dramatic journey of almost Shakespearean force, Verdi's opera is based on a play by Victor Hugo and tells of an outsider鈥攁 hunchbacked jester鈥攚ho struggles to balance the duelling elements of beauty and evil that exist in his life.

At a party the Duke of Mantua mentions having his eye on a mystery beauty. His jester Rigoletto 鈥� who is despised for being different 鈥� mocks all the guests, including a statesman, Monterone, who is furious that his daughter has been molested by the Duke. In retaliation, Monterone places a curse on Rigoletto.

Meanwhile, Rigoletto鈥檚 beloved daughter Gilda has fallen in love with a mystery man who turns out to be the Duke. Later that night, Gilda is abducted and delivered to the Duke鈥檚 bedroom. Rigoletto is distraught, and approaches the assassin Sparafucile to help him wreak his revenge. However, the plan goes terribly wrong, and we see Monterone鈥檚 curse come to pass in a devastating way鈥� The opera features 鈥淟a donna 猫 mobile,鈥� one of the most popular arias of all time.

Rigoletto, the Duke's jester.... Luca Salsi (baritone)
Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter.... Erin Morley (soprano)
Duke of Mantua.... Pene Pati (tenor)
Sparafucile, an assassin.... Soloman Howard (bass)
Maddalena, Sparafucile's sister.... Rihab Chaieb (contralto)
Count Monterone.... Blake Denson (baritone)
Marullo.... Jeongcheol Cha (baritone)
Borsa.... a courtier.... Scott Scully (tenor)
Count Ceprano.... Christopher Job (bass)
Countess Ceprano.... Tessa McQueen (mezzo)
Giovanna.... Guila's nurse.... Eve Gigliotti (mezzo)
Page.... Mikki Sodergren.... (mezzo)

Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Maurizio Benini (conductor)

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