Rigoletto
Americannoun
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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
Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
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’s a difficult role to sing in terms of acting, singing and artistic expression, and requires a lot of concentration and ability. For me, the character of Rigoletto brings out everything in me.”
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
It was Vivian herself, singing Gilda’s first-act aria from Rigoletto, which she had first sung in the San Francisco Opera when she was twenty-one.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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