Ep. 194: Talking About Opera on Rigoletto
Rigoletto was based on Victor Hugo’s play Le Roi …
January 26, 20221h 7m
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Show Notes
Rigoletto was based on Victor Hugo’s play Le Roi s’amuse, literally, “the king enjoys himself.” However, since opera houses were under strict control of government censors, it was too controversial for a king to be portrayed as a serial seducer. On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have a historic recording from our Talking About Opera archives featuring Guild Lecturer Bridget Paloucci.