Nickel City Opera presents Verdi's 'Rigoletto'

Join Nickel City Opera for a fully staged production of Giuseppe Verdi's 'Rigoletto' including full sets, costumes and orchestra. An opera in three acts with Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave is based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. The tragic story revolves around licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester, Rigoletto and Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. The opera's original title La Maledizione (The Curse) refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father. Directed by Giorgio LaLov of Teatro Lirico D'Europa. Tickets available at the BPO Box Office and on Eventbrite under Nickel City Opera.