[DOC] [TLE] Rigoletto - Wikipedia [PAR] Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was 
written by ... The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to the 
curse ... By this time he was already a well-known composer and had a degree of
... [DOC] [TLE] Rigoletto | opera by Verdi | Britannica.com [PAR] Rigoletto, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (Italian ... under 
the title La maledizione (The Curse), Verdi and Piave began revising the story ... 
Yet back-and-forth demands and responses, first from the Austrian censor and... [DOC] [TLE] Rigoletto | The Opera 101 [PAR] Rigoletto is the first of Verdi's middle period operas and marks a shift towards .... 
for a time it looked like Rigoletto, or La Maledizione (The Curse) as it then was, 
... the hunchback jester Triboulet becoming Rigoletto, a name taken from the title 
of ... Name Rigoletto; Composer Giuseppe Verdi; Librettist Francesco Maria 
Piave... [DOC] [TLE] The Music of Rigoletto - Utah Opera [PAR] 1) Rigoletto is scored for the standard mid-nineteenth-century Italian ... a vivid 
example of how far he had travelled as a composer in a mere ten years. ... 
Remember that the original title of the opera was to be La Maledizione. (The 
Curse). [DOC] [TLE] VERDI: Rigoletto (Bjorling, R. Peters, Merrill) (1956) - Naxos [PAR] The composer, having put aside the idea of an opera based on King Lear, ... 
operatic version of Hugo's play, under the title La maledizione (The Curse), ... 
Verdi set to work in earnest and composed the opera Rigoletto over a period of 
forty days. ... who had created the title rle in Verdi's Macbeth, was the first 
Rigoletto, and... [DOC] [TLE] Verdi and Rigoletto - San Diego Opera [PAR] It they could not use the original title, it should be changed to La maledizione di ... 
the curse is too brutal; Blanche's (Gilda's) act is essentially suicide, but is not... [DOC] [TLE] Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto - PBS [PAR] Verdi's Rigoletto offended censors in Venice in 1850 because of its portrayal ... 
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi signs a contract in April 1850 to write a new ... 
The first objections come from the director of La Fenice, who finds the story 
immoral. ... writes Verdi to say that the opera, now titled La maledizione (The 
Curse,) has... [DOC] [TLE] rigoletto - Metropolitan Opera [PAR] Nov 13, 2015 ... entourage, bursts in with the latest gossip: Rigoletto is keeping a young mistress 
at his place. .... Verdi's position alongside opera's few all-time great composers, 
however, did not appear until ... the revolting immorality and obscene triviality of 
La Maledizione ['The Curse,'. Rigoletto's original title]. The letter... [DOC] [TLE] 156 years later, 'Rigoletto' still packs wallop - philly-archives [PAR] Oct 5, 2007 ... Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto," opening the Opera Company of Philadelphia 
season, is considered the first of the composer's mature works. ... Verdi's original 
title was "La maledizione" ("The curse"), a dark threat Rigoletto... [DOC] [TLE] Rigoletto, a Sublime Monster (News article) | Opera Online - The ... [PAR] Apr 9, 2016 ... An opera from the composer's mature years, Rigoletto marks a turning ... 
Fortunately it was a success, and Rigoletto became the first part of what has ... 
which he initially thought of calling La Maledizione (The Curse). ... But he had to 
give up the title La Maledizione withoutusing Hugo's title, Le Roi s'amuse,... [DOC] [TLE] Teacher's Materials - The Metropolitan Opera Guild [PAR] Have students research the composer and librettist. ..... Thus la maledizione (the 
curse), which was the original title of Rigoletto ... appears first in verbal form... [DOC] [TLE] Rigoletto  Productions  Royal Opera House [PAR] When the Duke seduces Rigoletto's daughter Gilda, it seems the curse is taking 
effect.

Question: Originally, this composer's opera "Rigoletto" was titled "La Maledizione" ("The Curse")
Answer: Giuseppe Verdi