Cortigiani vil razza from Rigoletto

Dmitri Hvorostovsky performs Cortigiani, vil razza from Giuseppe Verdi s Rigoletto with the Phoenix Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of Maestro John Massaro during Hvorostovsky s Gala concert at Phoenix s Orpheum Theatre Tuesday, January 10, 2012. The title character of Rigoletto seeks vengeance against his daughter s seducer. As with Ernani, the source is Hugo, and it was the very bizarreness of Hugo s central character, whose love for his daughter is the sole bright spot of his life as a