What Is the Plot of Rigoletto?

Rigoletto follows the Duke to a tavern where he drinks and flirts with the Maddalena – the assassin Sparafucile's seductive sister. Gilda watches her unfaithful lover and is heartbroken. Rigoletto sends he home to Verona, disguising her first as a man for her safety.

What is Rigoletto based on?

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.

Is Rigoletto a hunchback?

We also meet the Duke's acid-tongued jester, a hunchback named Rigoletto. He's notorious for his unrestrained verbal abuse of the Duke's courtiers — and just about everyone else he comes across. ... As he's led off, Monterone curses both the Duke and Rigoletto.