Watch Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story
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Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story is a filmed version of the opera Rigoletto. It was filmed in Siena in 2002. Rigoletto is an opera in three acts about the Duke of Mantua, the Duke's Jester Riggoletto, and Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. The beautiful Gilda falls in love with the Duke, who is a notorious womanizer, but because she has been kept hidden away by her father, in an attempt to protect her, she has only met the Duke in church, and does not know who he is. The Duke finds out about her declaration of love, and attempts to win her hand by pretending to be a student.