Rigoletto, the title character of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, is a court jester with hyperkyphosis, aka a hunchback. I don’t know if I’m technically a hunchback, but I do slouch a lot, and I’ve started to ...

Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses. “Rigoletto” remains an opera reminding us ...

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Experience the tragic opera Rigoletto by Verdi at the Indianapolis Opera. Famous arias, dramatic story, and talented cast ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Finger Lakes Opera is preparing for its next show, “Rigoletto,” a tragic tale of love, vengeance, and sacrifice. The actor playing the lead role of Rigoletto, Joshua Conyers, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The story of Rigoletto centers around the titular jester who hurls insults at ...

Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize most abundantly; which company can hoard the ...

Remounting a familiar production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" may not be the most thrilling way for San Francisco Opera to open its fall season, but the choice proves rewarding in ways both musical and ...