by Pier Luigi Samaritani · Hardy Classic Video · DVD · EAN 8018783040016
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«Rigoletto» is the opera film by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Angelo Campori and starring Alfredo Kraus, Leo Nucci and Luciana Serra, on DVD.
The opera, a drama in three acts with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo, is set in sixteenth-century Mantua. Rigoletto, the duke's jester, tries to protect his daughter Gilda from the court's licentious atmosphere; amid mockery, deceit and a curse, the plot moves towards tragedy.
Recording made at the Teatro Regio di Parma in February 1987. Original audio in Italian with English subtitles.
For fans of opera and historical recordings of the Italian repertoire, with performances by Alfredo Kraus, Leo Nucci and Luciana Serra.
