| Composer: |
Giuseppe Verdi |
| Music title: |
Rigoletto (1851) |
| Librettist: |
Francesco Maria Piave |
| Work definition: |
Melodramma in three acts |
| After: |
After the play 'Le roi s'amuse' by Victor Hugo |
| Language: |
Italian |
| World premiere: |
11 March 1851, Teatro La Fenice, Venice |
| ROH premiere: |
14 May 1853, Royal Italian Opera |
| ROH company premiere: |
29 August 1947, Covent Garden Opera Company, Theatre Royal, Glasgow |