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rigoletto

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I'd also throw in something like Verdi's Rigoletto and Rossini's Barber of Seville.

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a 1993 musical fantasy/drama produced for Feature Films for Families.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rigoletto gathered in one view.

N

a 1993 musical fantasy/drama produced for Feature Films for Families.

N

an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

N

Rigoletto is an 1851 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rigoletto.

N

a 1993 musical fantasy/drama produced for Feature Films for Families.

N

an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

N

Rigoletto is an 1851 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

N

Rigoletto or Rigoletto and His Tragedy (Italian: Rigoletto e la sua tragedia) is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Luciano Tajoli and Jula De Palma.

Example sentences

1

I'd also throw in something like Verdi's Rigoletto and Rossini's Barber of Seville.

2

As in the opera Rigoletto, La donna è mobile, that is, "The woman is fickle".

3

The same can be said about the culture around Opera, but because poor people don't get to go you don't hear critiques of Rigoletto.

4

This is how we get productions like the planet-of-the-apes-meets-star-wars Rigoletto, which played to empty seats at one of the biggest theaters in Germany for years because it was so effective at getting grant money.

5

It should be duly noted that the "Italian stone hand-picked by Jobs himself" is not your ordinary Italian stone; not to be outclassed by the Geniuses at the bar, it can even recite the Divine Comedy backwards or sing an aria from the Rigoletto if circumstances demand.

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Examples: Neil Sedaka doing "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" in two very different styles; "La Dona E Mobile" from "Rigoletto" (3/4 time) and the theme song from the "Lidia's Italy" cooking show (same melody in 4/4).

Quote examples

1

As in the opera Rigoletto, La donna è mobile, that is, "The woman is fickle".

2

It should be duly noted that the "Italian stone hand-picked by Jobs himself" is not your ordinary Italian stone; not to be outclassed by the Geniuses at the bar, it can even recite the Divine Comedy backwards or sing an aria from the Rigoletto if circumstances demand.

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Examples: Neil Sedaka doing "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" in two very different styles; "La Dona E Mobile" from "Rigoletto" (3/4 time) and the theme song from the "Lidia's Italy" cooking show (same melody in 4/4).

Proper noun examples

1

The same can be said about the culture around Opera, but because poor people don't get to go you don't hear critiques of Rigoletto.

2

This is how we get productions like the planet-of-the-apes-meets-star-wars Rigoletto, which played to empty seats at one of the biggest theaters in Germany for years because it was so effective at getting grant money.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use rigoletto in a sentence?

I'd also throw in something like Verdi's Rigoletto and Rossini's Barber of Seville.

What does rigoletto mean?

a 1993 musical fantasy/drama produced for Feature Films for Families.

What part of speech is rigoletto?

rigoletto is commonly used as N.