Rigoletto La donna è mobile ( Verdi; Vittorio Grigòlo, The Royal Opera)

Vittorio Grigòlo sings the famous aria La donna è mobile from Verdi s opera Rigoletto. Find out more at Giuseppe Verdi wrote in 1855 that Rigoletto, based on Victor Hugos play Le Roi samuse, was his best opera. He had had to overcome state censorship to stage it the censors objected to its depiction of an immoral ruler but he was vindicated by the premieres huge success in 1851. Rigoletto was performed 250 times in the next 10 years and has remained one of the most popular of all operas. David McVicars production highlights the cruelty at the heart of the court of Mantua. Richly dressed courtiers engage in orgies and revelries to Verdis heady, spirited dances. The operas many musical highlights include the ebullient La donna è mobile, in which the Duke boasts of his disregard for women; Gildas exquisite, plangent duets with Rigoletto and the Duke; and the gorgeous Act III quartet that beautifully weaves the voices together as the story quickens to its shattering conclusion.