Type: Opera
Company: Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Germany
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi:
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Venue: Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Soloists: Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau
Year: 2008

Verdi’s Rigoletto (1851) has remained one of the most loved operas for over 170 years. People love the gripping and profoundly human story. Every element, from melody to psychology, is direct. Rigoletto is about the eternal themes of power, hypocrisy, love, and cruelty. It starts as a glittering court drama full of wit and charm, but the story spirals into tragedy as a Rigoletto's love for his daughter is twisted by revenge, his daughter is destroyed, and the final revelation is heartbreaking.