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Rigoletto

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An opera describing the agony of a father obliged to witness the prostitution of his own child. The libretto is borrowed from the drama called Le Roi sʹ Amuse, by Victor Hugo; the music is by Guiseppe Verdi.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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RightFoot
Right Foot Foremost
Right Hand
Right as a Trivet
Right of Way (The)
Rights
Riglet
Rigol
Rigolette
Rigoletto
Rigwoodie
Rile
Rimer
Rimfaxi [Frost-mane]
Rimmon
Rimthursar
Rinaldo (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Ring
Ring
Ring (The)