Verdi: Rigoletto (1982)
2h 8m
Running Time
January 24, 1982Release Date
Verdi: Rigoletto (1982)
2h 8m
Running Time
January 24, 1982Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Ingvar Wixell
Rigoletto / Monterone

Edita Gruberova
Gilda

Luciano Pavarotti
Il Duca di Mantova

Ferruccio Furlanetto
Sparafucile

Victoria Vergara
Maddalena

Fedora Barbieri
Giovanna

Bernd Weikl
Marullo (singing voice)

Roland Bracht
Ceprano

Louis Otey
Marullo

Rémy Corazza
Borsa

Kathleen Kuhlmann
Contessa di Ceprano

Maren Shipman
Page

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Director

Victor Hugo
Original Story

Gianni Quaranta
Production Design

Francesco Maria Piave
Writer

Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer

Riccardo Chailly
Music Director / Conductor

Pasqualino De Santis
Director of Photography

Horant H. Hohlfeld
Executive Producer

Martin Schlumpf
Costume Design

Dieter Klimpel
Set Dresser
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 24, 1982
Original NameRigoletto
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
opera
filmed opera
Wiki.
Rigoletto in a 1982 Italian opera film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and starring Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberová and Luciano Pavarotti, with the music score conducted by Riccardo Chailly. The film is based upon the 1851 opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
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