Composer
Librettist
Based On
the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1941
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke
Gilda, his daughter
Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate
Sparafucile, a hired assassin
Maddalena, his sister
Count Monterone
Count Ceprano
Borsa
Marullo
Countess Ceprano
Giovanna
Page
Show Dates
Time and Place
Sixteenth Century; Mantua and Vicinity
Scenes
Act I -- Ballroom in the Duke's Palace
Act II -- A Street outside Rigoletto's House
Act III -- Hall in the Duke's Palace
Act IV -- Ruined Inn in a Lonely Spot -- Sparafucile's Home