Rigoletto
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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
Set design by Philippe Chaperon
Verdi c. 1850
La Fenice's poster for the world premiere of Rigoletto
Teresa Brambilla, the first Gilda
Macbeth (Verdi)
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Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Written for
Illustration by Frédéric Lix of the 1865 version's première
Andrea Maffei, 1862
Verdi in 1859
Poster for the premiere of Verdi's Macbeth