
Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Francesco Maria after Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse
World premiere: 11 March 1851, Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Polish premiere: 8 November 1853, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw
Premiere of this production: 12 March 1997, Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw
In the original Italian with Polish surtitles