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Rigoletto

Music Director: Arvo Volmer
Conductor: Arvo Volmer/ Jüri Alperten
Stage Director: Neeme Kuningas
Designer: Kustav-Agu Püüman
Lighting Designer: Neeme Jõe
Approx running time 2 h 15 min
Sung in Italian, subtitles in Estonian and English
Verdi’s opera is based on Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse. The opera retells of the court jester Rigoletto who is disliked for his scornful wit.
Inside, Rigoletto is a loving father, who tries to bring up his daughter Gilda by protecting her from all evil of the world.
Since its premiere in 1851, the opera has been followed by great success and it is the first of his famous "popular triad" – Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853) and La Traviata (1853). It has been 40 years since Rigoletto was staged in the Estonian National Opera. The title role was sung by the unforgettable Georg Ots and Tiit Kuusik
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