Juan Carlos Valls, left, plays the Duke of Mantua, opposite Dennis Jesse in the title role of 'Rigoletto,' in the recent JPAS production of Verdi's classic opera at the new Jefferson Performing Arts ...
Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is approached at night by a mysterious man who says he’s an assassin for hire, should Rigoletto ever need such services. Left alone, ...
NEWBURGH — "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi tells the tale in opera of a crippled jester who serves his master, the Duke, in seducing young women. Rigoletto is cursed by an offended father, and the curse ...