Opéra National de Paris: Rigoletto

Verdi's opera Rigoletto - part of the 2015/2016 season of the Opéra National de Paris, filmed live at Paris's historic Opera Bastille, and screened in cinemas worldwide.

"Between the frivolous, licentious Duke, and Gilda, a victim of the ignorance which holds her captive, stands the double-faceted character of the hunchback, both buffoon and curse-obsessed father. Monstrous and heartrending, grotesque and sublime, the title role reaches its apogee in the aria “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”, whose descending movement, from the explosion of rage to the moment of entreaty, confirms the composer’s ability to adapt a form inherited from bel canto to theatrical realism. Under the baton of Nicola Luisotti, this new production of Rigoletto marks director Claus Guth’s first collaboration with the Paris Opera." (Opéra National de Paris)

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