Stiffelio
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Stiffelio is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The origin of this was the novel Le pasteur d’hommes, by Émile Souvestre, which was published
![Lars Cleveman as Stiffelio and Lena Nordin [sv] as Lina, Royal Swedish Opera 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lars_Cleveman_and_Lena_Nordin_in_Stiffelio_2011.jpg/500px-Lars_Cleveman_and_Lena_Nordin_in_Stiffelio_2011.jpg)
Lars Cleveman as Stiffelio and Lena Nordin [sv] as Lina, Royal Swedish Opera 2011
Baritone Filippo Colini sang Stankar
Original poster for Stiffelio, 1850
Verdi around 1850
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
Stiffelio
…her for the University of Chicago in 2003. In setting the context of the re-creation of the opera, Hansell states: This opera, composed in tandem with Rigoletto and sharing many of its forward-looking characteristics, suffered even more than Rigoletto from the censors' strictures. The story of [the opera…
Set design by Philippe Chaperon
La Fenice's poster for the world premiere of Rigoletto
Teresa Brambilla, the first Gilda