Statue of Rigoletto in the garden of the information centre from the opera set in Mantua by Verdi

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Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851. It is considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career. The opera is set in Mantua Northern Italy

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Size: 3341px × 5030px
Location: Information office garden in Mantua Lombardy Italy
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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