Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Victor Hugo’s drama Il re si diverte. Saturday 27 September | 7.30 pm - San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA.
Gossip is Rigoletto’s stock-in-trade. As the court jester to a womanizing duke, there is plenty of scandal to go around, and his sharp tongue keeps him in gainful employment. But underneath the caustic barbs, Rigoletto is devoted to his daughter, Gilda, whom he keeps shielded from the lascivious eyes of the duke. When a nobleman lays a curse on Rigoletto for his cruel humor, the jester has no idea how far he is about to fall.
