Rigoletto
Hunchbacked stage buffoon
Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1851, about a hunchbacked court jester whose schemes to protect his daughter lead to tragedy.
The title character's name has become shorthand for a figure whose cleverness backfires disastrously.
The opera contains the famous aria "La donna è mobile."
Italian opera composer
- baritoneMid-range male voice
- curseInvoked harm through words
- jesterRoyal household comedian
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
aria · Gilda · tragedy · libretto · Victor Hugo · quartet · vendetta · assassination
Operatic solo piece
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- makeupProducts for beautifying faces
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
voice · dramatic · interpretation · tenor · soprano · ensemble · conductor · orchestra
Royal household comedian
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
- fatherMale parent
- tragic figurePerson undone by fate
- buffoonLudicrous, clumsy fool
court fool · protective · vengeful · cursed · disfigured · servant · entertainer · double life
Verdi
Italian opera composer
hunchback · aria · Gilda · tragedy · libretto · Victor Hugo · quartet · vendetta · assassination · sack
aria
Operatic solo piece
prosthetics · voice · dramatic · interpretation · tenor · soprano · ensemble · conductor · orchestra · set design
jester
Royal household comedian
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
- fatherMale parent
- tragic figurePerson undone by fate
court fool · buffoon · protective · vengeful · cursed · disfigured · servant · entertainer · double life · outcast
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
- Italian MusicVerdi, Puccini, Vivaldi, Rossini, Pavarotti
- jestersjester, fool, court jester, court fool, buffoon
- opera in artstage design, costumes, opera house, dramatic lighting, arias
- opera termscoloratura, soubrette, bel canto, aria, libretto
Rigolettocomedy
Work meant to amuse
Falstaff · comic opera · operetta · The Merry Widow · farce
RigolettoDon Giovanni
Mozart opera libertine
Aida · Tosca · Siegfried · Turandot · grand opera