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- Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto (1851)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin. G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by F. M. Piave after Victor Hugo’s “Le Roi s’amuse.”
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
THE DUKE OF MANTUA: Tenor
BORSA, a courtier: Tenor
THE COUNTESS CEPRANO: Mezzo-Soprano
RIGOLETTO, the Duke's jester, a hunchback: Baritone
COUNT CEPRANO, a nobleman: Bass
MARULLO, a courtier: Baritone
COUNT MONTERONE, a nobleman: Baritone
SPARAFUCILE, a professional assassin: Bass
GILDA, daughter of Rigoletto: Soprano
A PAGE: Soprano
A HERALD: Baritone
MADDALENA, sister of Sparafucile: Contralto
Courtiers, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Servants.
Synopsis:
Dressed as a student, the licentious Duke of Mantua seduces Gilda, unaware that she is the daughter of his hunchbacked Court Jester Rigoletto. Rigoletto is duped into abducting Gilda and delivering her to the palace. When Gilda appears en deshabille, Rigoletto swears vengeance on the Duke and engages the assassin Sparafucile to kill him. Sparafucile’s sister Maddalena is in love with the Duke and pleads with her brother to spare him. He agrees to her wishes and tells her he will kill instead the first person to arrive at the inn where the Duke is staying that evening. Overhearing their conversation, Gilda sacrifices her own life to spare the Duke.
THE DUKE OF MANTUA: Tenor
BORSA, a courtier: Tenor
THE COUNTESS CEPRANO: Mezzo-Soprano
RIGOLETTO, the Duke's jester, a hunchback: Baritone
COUNT CEPRANO, a nobleman: Bass
MARULLO, a courtier: Baritone
COUNT MONTERONE, a nobleman: Baritone
SPARAFUCILE, a professional assassin: Bass
GILDA, daughter of Rigoletto: Soprano
A PAGE: Soprano
A HERALD: Baritone
MADDALENA, sister of Sparafucile: Contralto
Courtiers, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Servants.
Synopsis:
Dressed as a student, the licentious Duke of Mantua seduces Gilda, unaware that she is the daughter of his hunchbacked Court Jester Rigoletto. Rigoletto is duped into abducting Gilda and delivering her to the palace. When Gilda appears en deshabille, Rigoletto swears vengeance on the Duke and engages the assassin Sparafucile to kill him. Sparafucile’s sister Maddalena is in love with the Duke and pleads with her brother to spare him. He agrees to her wishes and tells her he will kill instead the first person to arrive at the inn where the Duke is staying that evening. Overhearing their conversation, Gilda sacrifices her own life to spare the Duke.