A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece about a vengeful but misguided court jester, out to rescue his deflowered daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches. None of it ends well, but along the way, the composer introduces several of his most iconic arias and duets—as well as an 11th-hour quartet that counts among the finest moments in opera. Michael Mayer’s neon-bedecked production transports the action from 16th-century Mantua to Rat Pack–era Las Vegas, suffusing an already sinful story with additional seedy resonance.

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