Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story

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Initial release September 2004 (Venice) Music director Giuseppe Verdi		Director Gianfranco Fozzi Initial DVD release 6 September 2005 (USA)
Story by Francesco Maria Piave, Victor Hugo Cast Marcelo Álvarez, Inva Mula, Roberto Servile, Keri‑Lynn Wilson, Andrea Silvestrelli Similar Verdi - the King of Melody, Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto, La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story (2005) is a film version of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto (libretto by Francesco Maria Piave). Filmed in Siena in 2002, it was directed by Gianfranco Fozzi and produced by David Guido Pietroni and Maurizio De Santis distributed worldwide by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Cast

Rigoletto, the Duke's jester (baritone) – Roberto Servile

Gilda, his daughter (soprano) – Inva Mula

Duke of Mantua (tenor) – Marcelo Álvarez

Sparafucile, an assassin (bass) – Andrea Silvestrelli

Maddalena, his sister (mezzo-soprano) – Svetlana Serdar

Giovanna, Gilda's Nurse (mezzo-soprano) – Paola Leveroni

Count Ceprano (bass) – Boschetti Giulio

Countess Ceprano, his wife (mezzo-soprano) – Emilia Bertoncello

Matteo Borsa, a courtier (tenor) – Giovanni Maini

Count Monterone (baritone) – Cesare Lana

Marullo (baritone) Andrea Cortese

Film details

Film Company: Roadhouse Movie

Label: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Producer: David Guido Pietroni and Maurizio De Santis

Stage director: Vittorio Sgarbi

Film director: Gianfranco Fozzi

Post Production: Christian Verzino

Costume Design: Vivienne Westwood

Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson

Orchestra: Arturo Toscanini Foundation

Runtime: USA: 126 minutes

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Certification: Australia:G / UK:U

Bonus: Exclusive comic book inside "Rigoletto comix" by Enrico Simonato

References

Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story Wikipedia

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