VERDI: Rigoletto

VERDI: Rigoletto 11 March. Venice, F. Text by F. M. Piave (founded on Victor Hugo’s Le Roi s’amuse and originally called La Maledizione). Three acts. Given on Italian stages also as Viscardello (Rome 27 September 1851; Bologna 26 December 1852); Clara di Pert (text altered by L. E. Bardare, Naples, T.N. December 1853); Lionello (Naples 1858). Outside Italy: VIENNA 12 May 1852 (in Italian) and 24 November 1860 (in German). BUDAPEST 18 December 1852 (in Hungarian, translated by L. Nádaskay )…