Rigoletto
Rigoletto. Opera in 3 acts by Verdi to lib. by Piave based on V. Hugo's play Le Roi s'amuse (1832). Orig. title was La maledizione (The Curse). Comp. 1850–1. Prod. Venice 1851, London 1853, NY 1855.
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