Title Rigoletto : an opera in 3 acts / by Giuseppe Verdi ; text by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's "Le roi s'amuse" ; English version by James Fenton.

Publication Info.	West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur International, 2007.
	1983.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD 782.1 VERDI	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; soundtrack in Dolby stereo; aspect ratio 4:3.
Performer	John Rawnsley (Rigoletto) ; Arthur Davies (Duke of Mantua) ; Marie McLaughlin (Gilda) ; John Tomlinson (Sparafucile) ; Jean Rigby (Maddalena) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of The English National Opera ; Mark Elder, conductor.
Credits	Production by Jonathan Miller; produced and directed for television by John Michael Phillips.
Event	Originally produced in 1983.
Note	Includes spoken introduction by Jonathan Miller.
Summary	A clowning bartender, an angry mob boss, and an innocent daughter are brought to life in this story set in mob-controlled Little Italy during the 1950's.
Language	Sung in English, with English subtitles.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Operas.
	Bartenders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
	Criminal behavior -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
	Fathers and daughters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
	Fasts and feasts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
	Little Italy (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
	Criminal psychology -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
	Religious holidays -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Musical films.
	Musical -- Performance.
Added Author	Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Roi s'amuse.
	Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist.
	Fenton, James, 1949- Translator.
	Rawnsley, John. Performer.
	Davies, Arthur, 1941-2018. Performer.
	McLaughlin, Marie. Performer.
	Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- Performer.
	Rigby, Jean. Performer.
	Elder, Mark, 1947- Conductor.
	Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019
	Phillips, John Michael.
	English National Opera. Performer.
	Kultur International Films.
Added Title	Rigoletto. English
Note	Title on container: Jonathan Miller's production of Rigoletto
Added Title	Verdi's Rigoletto
	Rigoletto
ISBN	0769784755
Standard No.	032031417298
Music No.	D4172 Kultur International

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