- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Editor’s Introduction
- Glossary
- Editorial Note
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 Nabucodonosor
- 2 I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata
- 3 Ernani
- 4 I Due Foscari
- 5 Giovanna D’Arco
- 6 Alzira
- 7 Attila
- 8 Macbeth
- 9 I Masnadieri
- 10 Jérusalem
- 11 Il Corsaro
- 12 La Battaglia Di Legnano
- 13 Luisa Miller
- 14 Stiffelio
- 15 Rigoletto
- 16 Il Trovatore
- 17 La Traviata
- 18 Giovanna De Guzman (Les Vêpres Siciliennes)
- 19 Simon Boccanegra
- 20 Aroldo
- Conclusion
- Index
Rigoletto
Rigoletto
- Chapter:
- (p.160) (p.161) 15 Rigoletto
- Source:
- The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi
- Author(s):
Abramo Basevi
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This chapter analyzes Verdi's Rigoletto, first performed in Venice in March 1851. The libretto by Piave was taken from Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse. The opera was greatly celebrated from its first appearance. Verdi was truly inspired in setting this drama, which completely accorded with his vigorous way of feeling, always in search of contrasts.
Keywords: Verdi, opera, Italian composers, Piave, libretto, Victor Hugo, Le roi s'amuse
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- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Editor’s Introduction
- Glossary
- Editorial Note
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 Nabucodonosor
- 2 I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata
- 3 Ernani
- 4 I Due Foscari
- 5 Giovanna D’Arco
- 6 Alzira
- 7 Attila
- 8 Macbeth
- 9 I Masnadieri
- 10 Jérusalem
- 11 Il Corsaro
- 12 La Battaglia Di Legnano
- 13 Luisa Miller
- 14 Stiffelio
- 15 Rigoletto
- 16 Il Trovatore
- 17 La Traviata
- 18 Giovanna De Guzman (Les Vêpres Siciliennes)
- 19 Simon Boccanegra
- 20 Aroldo
- Conclusion
- Index