Ep. 194: Talking About Opera on Rigoletto
Rigoletto was based on Victor Hugo\u2019s play Le Roi s\u2019amuse, literally, \u201cthe king enjoys himself.\u201d However, since opera houses were under strict control of government censors, it was too controversial for a king to be portrayed as a serial seducer. On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have a historic recording from our Talking About Opera archives featuring Guild Lecturer Bridget Paloucci.