Opera Rigoletto

A Farcical Tragedy of Its Time—A Symphony of Virtue and Vice, Love and Hatred, and the Pursuit of Vengeance!

Since 2015, the Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival has been dedicated to producing flagship operas that represent the city. Each self-produced opera has garnered critical acclaim. This year, under the baton of conductor Wu Yao-Yu and performed by the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, the festival proudly presents its eighth original production: Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto.

Rigoletto is a groundbreaking opera in the history of the genre, notable for featuring a physicall....