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	Rigoletto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her father, the original Rigoletto, was really uncomfortable with the false hump he had to wear; he was so uncertain that, even though he was quite an experienced singer, he had a panic attack when it was his turn to enter the stage.
		Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester of the Duke, mocks the husbands of the ladies to whom the prince is paying attention, and advises the prince to get rid of them by prison or death.
		Rigoletto opens a door in the wall and visits his daughter Gilda, whom he is concealing from the prince.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rigoletto_(opera) (1547 words)

	Synopsis: Rigoletto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto has paid Sparafucile to kill the Duke and to deliver his body in a sack so that he may himself throw it into the Mincio.
		Rigoletto brings Gilda with him to spy on the inn, hoping to reinforce the notion that the Duke is not a man of honour in affairs of the heart.
		Rigoletto is just about to throw the sack in the river when he hears the Duke still singing in the inn.
	opera.stanford.edu /opera/Verdi/Rigoletto/synopsis.html (496 words)

	Rigoletto
		Rigoletto declines the offer, but the man tells him that if he ever needs him, his name is Sparafucile, and he can be found in that alley every night.
		Rigoletto has kept his family history a secret; she wants him to tell her who is really is and who her mother was.
		Rigoletto urges her to go home, change into the male clothing that he has prepared for her as a disguise, and flee to Verona; he will join her tomorrow.
	www.reginaopera.org /rigoletto.htm (2021 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rigoletto (opera) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a novel Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.
		In order not to waste everything of their work, Piave tried to re-model the libretto and was even able to sort from it another opera "Il Duca di Vendome", in which the sovereign was substituted by a duke and both the humpback and the malediction disappeared.
		The daughter of baritone Varesi (Rigoletto), Giulia Cori, many years later described her father's prima: Varesi was really uncomfortable with the false hump he had to wear; he was so uncertain that, even if he was a very experienced singer, he really had a panic attack when it was his turn to enter the stage.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rigoletto-(opera) (529 words)

	Rigoletto - Verdi
		-- Rigoletto is the Duke of Mantua’s jester.
		Rigoletto, coming for the supposed victim’s body, opens the sack, discovers his daughter, and falls senseless upon her.
		The opera ends with the prostration of Rigoletto, whose dreaded forebodings of Count Monterone’s terrible curse are thus literally realised.
	www.music-with-ease.com /verdi-rigoletto.html (840 words)

	Free music and video downloads of "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto is a great deal more sophisticated than this and our participation as voyeurs at the feast of rape, murder and sexual perversity is reflected on the stage by the heartless courtiers and, in the final scene, by Rigoletto himself.
		Whatever happens in the bedroom, she is curiously empowered by something she calls Love and is prepared to dress as a man and be annihilated in a sordid house of assignation for the sake of it.
		Rigoletto, especially clothed in Verdi's sympathetic music, may be the evil creature who fools us all, including his creators.
	opera.prohosting.com /sarir/rigoletto.html (1890 words)

	Rigoletto (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto is a 1993 musical fantasy/drama produced for Feature Films for Families and described by Debbie James as "kind of a cross between Beauty and the Beast and The Man Without a Face, but with biblical themes" [1].
		The film, set in depression-era America, depicts a young girl, Bonnie, who enjoys singing and gets lessons from the "monster" whom the townspeople suspect of foreclosing on mortgages all over town.
		The movie was apparently not based on the opera Rigoletto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rigoletto_(movie) (134 words)

	Amazon.com: Verdi - Rigoletto / Bruson · Gruberova · Shicoff · Fassbaender · R. Lloyd · Matteuzzi · Rydl · Santa ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto is an opera that is fueled by singers who can scale its range and notes....To eliminate the majority of the high notes altogether, especially when the tenor role is in the more than capable hands of Neil Shicoff, is sad.
		Rigoletto is an undisputed masterpiece, with many of its arias, duets, and that famous quartet well known to opera buffs and others.
		Verdi: Rigoletto / Cappuccilli, Cotrubas, Domingo, Ghiaurov, Obraztsova, Moll; Giulini ~ Giuseppe Verdi
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000007OTG?v=glance (1509 words)

	Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center - 2005-06 Broadcasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto, hearing her cry for help, tears off his blindfold and rushes into the house, discovering only her scarf.
		Soon Rigoletto enters, warily looking for Gilda; the courtiers bar his way, though they are astonished to learn the girl is not his mistress but his daughter.
		Rigoletto sends his daughter off to disguise herself as a boy for her escape to Verona, then pays Sparafucile to murder the Duke.
	www.operainfo.org /broadcast/operaSynopsis.cgi?id=79&language=1 (505 words)

	A countess, a cuckold, a curse
		Rigoletto takes a few ill-timed jabs at the injured party, and before he knows it he is being served with a "maledizione," a curse, something taken very seriously in medieval Italy.
		The cast, with alternating singers for the roles of Rigoletto, the Duke, Gilda and the assassin Sparafucile's sister Maddalena, is mostly strong, with one exception.
		With the exception of a too-mild reaction to the abduction of his daughter (possibly resulting from a too-mild abduction by the courtiers), Rogers as Rigoletto was strong of voice and stronger of acting, giving a heartbreaking account of the tragic clown's self-fulfilling fears.
	www.paweekly.com /weekly/morgue/listings/1996_Feb_23.REVIEW23.html (944 words)

	Giuseppe Verdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oftentimes scoffed at by the critics, in his lifetime and today, as catering to the tastes of the common folk, overly simple in chromatic texture and shamelessly melodramatic, Verdi’s masterpieces dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
		Based on a play by author Victor Hugo, the libretto had to undergo substantive revisions in order to satisfy the epoch's censorship, and the composer was on the verge of giving it all up a number of times.
		Moreover, orchestral and contrapuntal innovation is characteristic of his style: for instance, the strings doing the rapid ascending scale in Monterone's scene in Rigoletto accentuate the drama, or, also in Rigoletto, the choir humming six closely grouped notes backstage portray, very effectively, the brief ominous wails of the approaching tempest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi (1986 words)

	Skygarden - Rigoletto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto Ristorante has been established in the Sydney CBD and managed by the same Sicilian family for 17 years.
		The continued success of Rigoletto is due to its "casa linga" (home style) preparation of authentic Southern Italian flavours at affordable prices.
		Rigoletto's is open for lunch, Monday to Friday, from 12 noon and for dinner on Thursday evenings.
	www.skygarden.com.au /?Rigoletto (164 words)

	Amazon.com: Rigoletto: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Povero Rigoletto - Chorus Of The Teatro Comunale Of Florence
		The Rigoletto is Kostas Paskalis, a baritone with a big, burly sound who exaggerates all the big moments and pulls the vocal line out of position for the sake of "drama." A pity he couldn't restrain himself.
		The rather unsung Kostas Paskalis is nowhere near the Rigolettos of Gobbi or Milnes and his tone is extremely unsteady but he is at times very passionate.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000006000?v=glance (1204 words)

	Classical Net - Verdi - Rigoletto
		At a Ball in the Ducal Palace, Rigoletto taunts Count Ceprano whose wife is the target of the Duke's wandering eye.
		Through trickery, Rigoletto's daughter is carried off to the Duke to suffer the same fate as Monterone's daughter.
		Rigoletto plots his revenge through use of the assassin Sparafucile and his sister Maddalena.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/works/verdi/rigoletto (184 words)

	FLORIDA GRAND OPERA
		He is horrified when the father of one of his victims places a profound curse on him.
		Rigoletto soon feels the curse's full force when he discovers that the Duke's most recent victim is his own daughter, Gilda, whom he had carefully hidden and protected.
		When Rigoletto hires an assassin to kill the Duke, his plan for revenge backfires catastrophically.
	www.fgo.org /05-06/production4.shtml (371 words)

	Rigoletto at Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA
		Composed in 1851, Giuseppe Verdi's RIGOLETTO is an intriguing study of the contrasts between good and evil.
		Careless flirtations by the womanizing Duke of Mantua and the actions of his vengeful court jester RIGOLETTO play out against a backdrop of seduction, betrayal, curses and vendettas, ending in the tragic death of Rigoletto's innocent daughter Gilda at the hands of a paid assassin.
		TLD's production of Verdi's RIGOLETTO has enjoyed several critically acclaimed tours throughout Western Europe since its debut in 1992 including performances at the 1998 and 1999 Summer Festival San Giovanni Valdarno in the Tuscany region of Italy where it was greeted with great enthusiasm by the public and outstanding critical acclaim from the Italian press!
	www.maj.org /P2004/icam_Rigo.html (359 words)

	Seattle Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Appalled by what has happened, Rigoletto goes to the Duke’s house to rescue Gilda, who is seduced by the Duke. The nobles mock Rigoletto for his troubles.
		The hunchback is about to tip the body into the river when he hears the voice of the Duke in the distance. Rigoletto opens the sack to find his beloved daughter inside.
		Gilda dies in her father’s arms. Rigoletto blames it all on Monterone’s curse.
	www.seattleopera.org /operas/2004-2005/rigoletto/synopsis.aspx (173 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Verdi: Rigoletto [2002]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the principal reasons is McVicar's decision to emphasise the tyrannical nature of the Duke (beautifully sung by Marcelo Alvarez), and the appalling social injustice that springs from a corrupt leader: his court is a place of physical and sexual abuse (graphically, but by no means gratuitously, depicted).
		This violence throws the dual nature of Rigoletto into relief, making his toadyism seem all the worse and his vengefulness all the more sympathetic.
		On the DVD Rigoletto comes with an entertaining 17-minute BBC biography of the composer, "Verdi Through the Looking Glass", presented by conductor Charles Hazlewood, as well as an illustrated synopsis of the opera, and a revealing 10-minute interview with the director.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000062Y6L (835 words)

	verdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Two of the principal singers, Cheryl Parrish as Gilda and Mark Rucker as Rigoletto, are new to Vancouver Opera.
		In the title role of the hunchback court jester, Rucker proved to be a convincing actor, with an attractive, sonorous voice capable of expressing Rigoletto's boiling hatred without sacrificing musical control.
		In spite of its imperfections, it was a moving and enjoyable Rigoletto.
	www.nsnews.com /issues99/w102599/verdi.html (740 words)

	Verdi's Rigoletto
		Cast: Mark Rucker (Rigoletto), Cheryl Parrish (Gilda), Gerard Powers (the Duke of Mantua), Malcolm Smith (Sparafucile), Danielle Vayenas (Giovanna), Revekah Mavrovitis (Maddalena), Ray Karns (Monterone), Brian Dore (Marullo), Brendan Cooke (Count Ceprano), Amanda Nisenson (Countess Ceprano), Todd Queen (Borsa), Carolyne Eberhardt (Page), and Glenn Davis and Janet Davis (Dancers at Ball).
		His "Questa o quella" did not have the dramatic heft to make quite the effect that it could have, but he improved as the performance went along, and was at his best in the last act.
		While I thought that the Rigoletto and Gilda of the evening seemed born to sing these roles, I am not certain that that the Duke is the ideal repertory for Mr.
	www.geocities.com /jrpsong/rigo.html (644 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Verdi: Rigoletto: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rigoletto: Act One: Scene One: Della mia bella incognita borghese
		Rigoletto: Act One: Scene One: In testa che avete
		Neither singer has one of the century's prettiest voices; both have dramatic presence, impact and subtlety--based as much on their control of verbal nuance as on musicianship--that make their characters three-dimensional, the story meaningful and the emotions real, varied and intense.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002RY6 (923 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giuseppe Verdi
		His "Luisa Miller" (8 Dec., 1849) added to his triumphs, and with it ended his fame in one style of opera.
		Verdi entered on a new phase in 1850, and his "Rigoletto" (produced at Venice on 11 March, 1851) astonished the musical world.
		"Aida" is not only an advance on "Rigoletto", but is clearly a development of genius so strong that it may well be regarded as a new style.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350b.htm (698 words)

	Giuseppe Verdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Aria (1987) (from opera "Rigoletto") (from opera "Un ballo in maschera") (aria "La Virgine degli angeli" from opera "La forza del destino")
		Strategia del ragno (1970) (from opera "Rigoletto") (aria "Liberamente or piangi" from opera "Attila")
		Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1954) (from opera "Rigoletto'")
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0006333 (2845 words)

	News - Rigoletto, Information, Rigoletto Tickets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For Thursday's performance of "Cyrano de Bergerac," Antonio Barasorda rose admirably to the challenge of replacing Plácido Domingo in the lead role.
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		We have the Rigoletto tickets you are looking for online today.
	www.myticketservice.com /eid725.asp (246 words)

	Rigoletto (1993) (V) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But that doesn't matter to me. I laughed, I cried.
		And when I have the money, I am buying the Rigoletto soundtrack so that I can sit all day and listen to the absolutely breathtaking voice of Joseph Paur--who I think is very handsome, by the way.
		It's really a pity that the sequel to this movie has not yet been distributed.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0107961 (407 words)

	Essentials of Music - Audio Examples
		Verdi always kept his audience and his singers in mind, blending the dramatic with the lyrical.
		This aria from Rigoletto is one of the most famous of his soprano arias.
		The range, lyricism and agility it demands make it a true showpiece for the singer.
	www.essentialsofmusic.com /composer/46548.html (53 words)

	vilaine fille
		In the case of Rigoletto, though, he was explicit, saying that he conceived the opera as "an unending string of duets."
		[D]uring the first performance of Rigoletto, when the violins announced that most elegant of motifs in the final act, the attentive public foresaw something new, and the tenor Mirate, seated astride a chair in Sparafucile's tavern, energetically and impudently attacked the piece.
		Hardly had the first verse finished before there arose a great cry from every part of the theatre, and the tenor failed to find his cue to begin the second verse.
	vilainefille.blogs.com (7871 words)

	Review: RIGOLETTO, by Giuseppe Verdi
		It's frustrating that, save for the all-important Gobbi CD at the top, most Rigoletto recordings pose a choice between an accomplished cast with a respectable Rigoletto versus a superb Rigoletto and a not-quite-satisfactory cast.
		E) CETRA: Giuseppe Taddei, Lina Pagliughi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Questa conducting; one of the greatest protagonists available anywhere--Taddei's Rigoletto trumping Gobbi's (Item A); his extraordinary achievement creates an aura that sometimes overshadows the fact that neither Pagliughi nor Tagliavini are really at their best; with fewer cuts than A; not such persuasive conducting; mono [G.R.]
		The Operas of Verdi : From Oberto to Rigoletto (Vol.
	www.geocities.com /ehub035/rigolet.htm (443 words)

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