Rigoletto
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Rigoletto is an opera in three acts 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
Set design by Philippe Chaperon
Verdi c. 1850
La Fenice's poster for the world premiere of Rigoletto
Teresa Brambilla, the first Gilda
Victor Hugo
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Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
Rigoletto
…Rigoletto is an opera in three acts 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…
Hugo in 1875
Sophie Trébuchet, mother of Victor Hugo
General Joseph-Leopold Hugo, father of Victor Hugo
Hugo by Jean Alaux, 1825