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Rigoletto

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[rig-uh-let-oh, ree-gaw-let-taw] / ˌrɪg əˈlɛt oʊ, ˌri gɔˈlɛt tɔ /

noun

  1. an opera (1851) with music by Giuseppe Verdi.


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There were dancing human bobbleheads of opera composers Verdi, Puccini and Rossini, as if they were mascots for Team Rigoletto, Team Tosca and Team William Tell.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

But her duets with Rigoletto are pregnant with emotion, and she is stunningly angelic in the end.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

It takes a lot to love Rigoletto, who keeps his daughter, Gilda, locked up, although she, of course, sneaks out and falls for the count.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

It started in 2013, when Kelsey jumped into the title role of the cursed jester in Verdi’s opera “Rigoletto” in Zurich; Feola was in that production, too, as Gilda, the daughter Rigoletto has kept secret.

From New York Times Jan. 6, 2022

He found me, to his great relief, not on the toilet, or half-naked, or singing Rigoletto, but propped up in my bed, darning a sweater that Etta had dropped off.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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