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Rigoletto watches Monterone being led to prison outside, who screams to the Duke's room, revoking the curse to him as it was in vain. Rigoletto hurries to open the window and swears revenge to the Count of Monterone (1:13) (Come fulmin scagliato da Dio, te colpire il buffone saprà./Like a thunderbolt from the hand of God, the jester’s revenge shall strike you down.), despite Gilda's pleas for mercy towards her lover (2:05). Rigoletto is a melodrama in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the drama Le Roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. Originally named La Maledizione (“The Curse”), had a triumphant premiere in La Fenice in 1851, where people where allegedly singing “La donna è mobile” on the streets the following day. Like and subscribe for more amazing music!! 👉 Brief synopsis of Rigoletto (spoiler alert): Rigoletto is the story of Rigoletto, a jester in the palace of Duke of Mantua, whose beloved daughter, Gilda, whom he overprotects as the gift of his only love affair, is seduced by the Duke of Mantua, among many others. One of which was the daughter of Count of Monterone, who confronts the Duke and gets cruelly mocked by Rigoletto on its failure to defend his daughter’s honour. Enraged by the jester, Monterone casts a curse on Rigoletto. This is the main leit motiv of the work and will define the fatal ending. In revenge, Gilda is kidnapped by courtisans and taken to the palace, where she is raped by the Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto plans his own vengeance by hiring the hitman Sparafucile to murder the Duke. But Gilda, still madly in love with the Duke, hands herself to Sparafucile to die in his place. Finally, when Rigoletto comes to throw the corpse to whom he believes to be the Duke to the river, is astonished to hear the tune of such in the distance (“La donna é mobile”) and snaps in horror when discovers the body of Gilda inside the stead by the Monterone curse came to fruition. Full Libretto: Cast: Ingvar Wixell as Rigoletto and Count of Monterone, Luciano Pavarotti as Duke of Mantua, Edita Gruberova as Gilda, Ferruccio Furlanetto as Sparafucile, Victoria Vergara as Maddalena, Fedora Barbieri as Giovanna, Bernd Weikl as Marullo, Remy Corazza as Borsa, Roland Bracht as Count of Ceprano and Kathleen Kuhlmann as Countess of Ceprano. Follow my Instagram art page 🎨👉
