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Rigoletto

American  
[rig-uh-let-oh, ree-gaw-let-taw] / ˌrɪg əˈlɛt oʊ, ˌri gɔˈlɛt tɔ /

noun

  1. an opera (1851) with music by Giuseppe Verdi.


Example Sentences

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There were dancing human bobbleheads of opera composers Verdi, Puccini and Rossini, as if they were mascots for Team Rigoletto, Team Tosca and Team William Tell.

From Los Angeles Times

It was Vivian herself, singing Gilda’s first-act aria from Rigoletto, which she had first sung in the San Francisco Opera when she was twenty-one.

From Literature

He found me, to his great relief, not on the toilet, or half-naked, or singing Rigoletto, but propped up in my bed, darning a sweater that Etta had dropped off.

From Literature

Mr. Pati, who has sung in many European houses, got a quick Metropolitan Opera debut this January with a few performances as the Duke in “Rigoletto”; given the warmth and expressiveness of the instrument on display at the Armory, I hope he’ll be back there soon.

From The Wall Street Journal

The buzz in Salzburg was that this would be the star-making vehicle for American soprano Lisette Oropesa, who recently appeared in Los Angeles Opera’s “Rigoletto” and is, indeed, a thrilling Scottish queen in her fatal, royal clash with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey.

From Los Angeles Times