Rigoletto
Americannoun
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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
But her duets with Rigoletto are pregnant with emotion, and she is stunningly angelic in the end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
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
“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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