Rigoletto

We saw Rigoletto at the SF Opera tonight.

Rigoletto is an opera in four 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. According to Opera America, Rigoletto is now North America's ninth most performed opera.

Even though the tickets were over $100 each, we had to take 3 flights of stairs before we could get to our seats. The acoustics weren't nearly as good as Vienna's state opera house, but the costumes were 10 times better.