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Rigoletto is an opera in three acts [a] by Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
"Caro nome che il mio cor" (Sweet name that made my heart), or "Caro nome" for short, is an aria for coloratura soprano from act 1 of Verdi's opera Rigoletto. It is part of the standard Italian soprano vocal repertoire, [ 1 ] featured in numerous anthologies for soprano singers and in albums of highlights from the opera.
Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera Rigoletto is based on Hugo's play, which the librettist Piave followed closely in his Italian translation. Censorship by the Austrian authorities in Venice led them to move the action from France to Mantua , the characters François 1er, Triboulet, Blanche, M de Saint Vallier, Saltabadil, Maguelonne becoming the Duke ...
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Metropolitan Opera (Production: John Dexter) (Performance of 15 December) Streaming SD video Met Opera on Demand [7] 1982 Ingvar Wixell, Luciano Pavarotti, Edita Gruberová, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Victoria Vergara Riccardo Chailly, Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera Chorus (film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 ...
Joe Leydon called the film "an odd but involving mix of elements from Beauty and the Beast, Phantom of the Opera and the original folk tale that inspired Verdi's classic opera. He concluded his Variety review with, "Despite an obviously limited budget, Rigoletto is a handsome piece of work.
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. [1] [2]
He performed in Rigoletto, Aida, and Il trovatore, Bizet's Carmen, some bel canto roles such as La favorite, I puritani, and Les Huguenots and Spanish zarzuela (Arrieta's Marina, in particular). He created the tenor roles in Mascagni 's Parisina (1913, La Scala ) and Il piccolo Marat (1921, Costanzi), and Romani's Fedra (1915, Costanzi).