''Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story'' (

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) is a film version of

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's 1851 opera ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'' (

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by Francesco Maria Piave). Filmed in

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in 2002, it was directed by Gianfranco Fozzi and produced by David Guido Pietroni and Maurizio De Santis distributed worldwide by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and

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Cast

*Rigoletto, the Duke's jester (

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) – Roberto Servile *Gilda, his daughter (

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) – Inva Mula *Duke of Mantua (

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

) – Marcelo Álvarez *Sparafucile, an assassin (

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) – Andrea Silvestrelli *Maddalena, his sister (

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

) – Svetlana Serdar *Giovanna, Gilda's Nurse (mezzo-soprano) – Paola Leveroni *Count Ceprano (bass) – Boschetti Giulio *Countess Ceprano, his wife (mezzo-soprano) – Emilia Bertoncello *Matteo Borsa, a courtier (tenor) – Giovanni Maini *Count Monterone (baritone) – Cesare Lana *Marullo (baritone) Andrea Cortese

Film details

*Film Company: Roadhouse Movie * Label: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment,

* Producers: David Guido Pietroni and Maurizio De Santis *Stage director:

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*Film director: Gianfranco Fozzi *Post Production: Christian Verzino *Costume Designer: Vivienne Westwood *Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson *Orchestra: Arturo Toscanini Foundation *Runtime: USA: 126 minutes *Country: Italy *Language: Italian *Sound Mix: Celeste Frigo, Mauro Casazza *Certification: Australia:G / UK:U *Bonus: Exclusive comic book inside "Rigoletto comix" by Enrico Simonato

External links

* 2002 films Italian musical films Films based on works by Victor Hugo Films based on operas by Giuseppe Verdi Films set in the 16th century Opera films 2000s Italian films 2002 musical films {{musical-film-stub