Royal opera house : Rigoletto.

"With a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo, the Royal Opera House brings this controversial melodrama back to the stage. The story focuses on a hunchbacked jester's attempted revenge on his master, François I, for the seduction of his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus (Performer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors:	Álvarez, Marcelo, 1962- (Performer), Araya, Graciela (Performer), Gavanelli, Paolo (Performer), Halfvarson, Eric (Performer), Schäfer, Christine (Performer), Sikora, Elizabeth (Performer), Downes, Edward (Conductor), McCallin, Tanya (Costume designer), McVicar, David (Director), Vale, Michael (Set designer), Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876 (Librettist)
Format:	Video
Language:	Italian
Language Notes:	Sung in Italian.
Published:	[England?] : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2001.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Operas > Italy > 19th century. Opéras > Italie > 19e siècle. Operas. Italy. 1800-1899 Alexander Street Video. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Filmed performances. Films autres que de fiction. Spectacles filmés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	"With a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo, the Royal Opera House brings this controversial melodrama back to the stage. The story focuses on a hunchbacked jester's attempted revenge on his master, François I, for the seduction of his daughter. This production falls in the 100th anniversary year of Giuseppe Verdi's death, in a new production by David McVicar."--Alexander Street, resource website.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 7, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video file (2 hr., 16 min.))
Playing Time:	02:15:53