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Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto is a hit and will be performed at the Arena di Verona during the 2023 Summer Festival. The opera in three acts was a resounding success when it premiered in Venice, from where Rigoletto quickly spread to opera houses in Italy.
Arena di Verona
Verona is world famous for the Opera Festival in the Arena di Verona, which attracts millions of music lovers every summer. The Arena di Verona is the world’s largest open-air opera theatre with space for up to 22,000 spectators on the steps of the 45 rows of seats.
Every year we create exclusive music trips to Italy for friends of opera and ballet. Operas of the leading Italian composers Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioachino Rossini are favourite in the Arena. Enjoy the extraordinary atmosphere at the Roman amphitheatre in the heart of Verona in the summer months under the open sky. Please make your travel plans early and select a performance of interest. Because, if there are less than two months to go, the best tickets might be sold out, the hotels might have increased prices and things may become difficult. With our music tours you get the best seats, on upholstered chairs, together with a nice stay program in Verona.
The Story of RIGOLETTO
Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto is a classic among operas and can be seen in all opera houses in the world.
The libretto is by Francesco Maria Piave. The basis for the opera was the melodrama Le Roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. Rigoletto was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 1851 and was the worldwide breakthrough of Giuseppe Verdi’s operas.
The opera in three acts was a resounding success when it premiered in Venice, from where Rigoletto quickly spread to opera houses in Italy.
The opera is set in the city of Mantua. Rigoletto is the court jester who draws the duke’s curse on himself through mockery. The duke wants to take revenge on Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda, who falls in love with the duke. The opera ends dramatically with the death of Gilda.
The Artists
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Performance Dates Rigoletto
2023-07-01 ... 2023-08-04
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Operas, Ballets, Concerts of the Season
In Verona at Arena
