Seduction, revenge and corruption 💰 Verdi's masterpiece Rigoletto pits power against innocence and beauty against ugliness. It premiered on this day in Venice in 1851, and only a few years later, Giuseppe Verdi wrote that this was his ‘best opera’. 📺 Watch The Royal Opera’s 2021 production of Rigoletto on Royal Ballet and Opera Stream: https://bit.ly/3XHf1KK 🎥 'La donna è mobile' - Liparit Avetisyan | Royal Ballet And Opera

In Act III of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Gilda, Maddalena, the Duke of Mantua, and Rigoletto come together for the extraordinary quartet, “Bella figlia dell’amore.” Watch this stunning excerpt from the final dress rehearsal, starring soprano Rosa Feola, mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina, tenor Benjamin Bernheim, and baritone Quinn Kelsey. Maestro Speranza Scappucci Official conducts in her Met debut. Rigoletto is on stage through December 29: bit.ly/3MSyRKP Videography by Neville Braithwaite / Met Opera |