''Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story'' ( 2005) is a film version of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera ''

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Francesco Maria Piave Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 18105 March 1876) was an Italian opera librettist who was born in Murano in the lagoon of Venice, during the brief Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. Career Piave's career spanned over twenty years working with many of th ...

). Filmed in

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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 (

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) – Roberto Servile *Gilda, his daughter (

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) –

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*Duke of Mantua (

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) – 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 * Producers: David Guido Pietroni and Maurizio De Santis *Stage director:

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*Film director: Gianfranco Fozzi *Post Production: Christian Verzino *Costume Designer:

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*Conductor:

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*Orchestra: Arturo Toscanini Foundation *Runtime: USA: 126 minutes *Country: Italy *Language: Italian *Sound Mix: Celeste Frigo, Mauro Casazza *Certification: Australia:G / UK:U *Bonus: Exclusive comic book inside "Rigoletto comix" by Enrico Simonato

External links

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