[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":54},["ShallowReactive",2],{"opera-en-verdi-rigoletto":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"anno":6,"aria":7,"atti":10,"bio":20,"body":21,"compositore":28,"description":25,"extension":29,"finale":30,"meta":31,"navigation":32,"opere":20,"order":20,"path":33,"personaggi":34,"seo":50,"slug":20,"stem":51,"tagline":52,"years":20,"__hash__":53},"en/en/verdi/rigoletto.md","Rigoletto","Venice, 1851",{"nome":8,"descrizione":9},"La donna è mobile","The Duke sings cheerfully that women are fickle — while his jester's daughter is dying for him. Verdi kept it secret until the premiere to prevent it spreading through the streets of Venice.",[11,14,17],{"titolo":12,"testo":13},"Act I — The Curse","At court, Rigoletto mocks a desperate father whose daughter has been seduced by the Duke. The old man curses him. Rigoletto thinks nothing of it. But that evening he discovers the Duke has set his eyes on Gilda, the daughter he has kept hidden from the world. The court, as a cruel joke, kidnaps Gilda believing her to be Rigoletto's mistress — and takes her to the Duke.",{"titolo":15,"testo":16},"Act II — The Dishonour","The next morning, Gilda returns with tears in her eyes. The Duke has seduced and abandoned her. Rigoletto is beside himself. He swears revenge and hires Sparafucile to kill the Duke. But Gilda is still in love with the man who has ruined her.",{"titolo":18,"testo":19},"Act III — The Sack","Rigoletto brings Gilda to eavesdrop on the Duke already wooing another woman — Sparafucile's sister. The Duke sings merrily. Gilda sees everything. Rigoletto believes his daughter's love is cured. He orders the murder. But Gilda, having heard that the killer might spare the Duke if another offers themselves in his place, enters the inn disguised as a man and lets herself be stabbed. Rigoletto receives a sack with 'the Duke's body'. He opens it. It is Gilda, still alive for a few seconds. The curse has been fulfilled.",null,{"type":22,"value":23,"toc":24},"minimark",[],{"title":25,"searchDepth":26,"depth":26,"links":27},"",2,[],"Verdi","md","\"Ah, the curse!\" — Rigoletto's last words as he holds his dying daughter in his arms. One of the most devastating final scenes in all opera history.",{},true,"/en/verdi/rigoletto",[35,38,42,46],{"nome":5,"voce":36,"descrizione":37},"Baritone — the protagonist","Court jester, hunchback, despised by all. Cruel to others, utterly tender with his daughter. He is the most complex character in all of Verdi.",{"nome":39,"voce":40,"descrizione":41},"Gilda","Soprano — the daughter","Innocent, pure, desperately in love with a man who does not deserve her. She dies for him by her own choice.",{"nome":43,"voce":44,"descrizione":45},"The Duke of Mantua","Tenor — the charming villain","Handsome, rich, carefree nobleman. He seduces and abandons. There are never any consequences for his actions. He is banal evil.",{"nome":47,"voce":48,"descrizione":49},"Sparafucile","Bass — the hired killer","Professional assassin, strangely honest in his work. He offers his services to Rigoletto to kill anyone.",{"title":5,"description":25},"en/verdi/rigoletto","A hunchback jester, a libertine duke, an innocent daughter. The curse is fulfilled.","lfDCADDs9eSfKyser5iLSOnrLVaO0qk0SxbjU3xWxnU",1774014353274]