1894 Brewer’s / R / Rigoletto
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.