Pittsburgh Opera's production of Verdi's Rigoletto, with English supertitles, at the Benedum Center.
Pittsburgh Opera is running Rigoletto at the Benedum Center, with Sebastian Catana headlining. It opened the company's 2026-27 season, and it's their first time staging the work in 14 years. The production is a co-production with Boston Lyric Opera, The Atlanta Opera, and Opera Omaha, sung in Italian with English supertitles. It runs about two hours and 25 minutes with one intermission.
Verdi's Rigoletto comes from a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Victor Hugo's Le roi s'amuse. The story centers on the philandering Duke of Mantua and his sharp-witted court jester, Rigoletto, whose mockery of a courtier brings a curse upon him and the Duke. When the Duke sets his sights on Rigoletto's sheltered daughter, Gilda, the jester schemes to protect her from the man he's spent years defending, and the treachery he championed eventually turns on him. A content advisory notes onstage depictions of sexual violence.
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There are three performances: Saturday, October 10, at 7 PM; Friday, October 16, at 7 PM; and Sunday, October 18, at 2 PM. The Benedum Center is at the corner of 7th Street and Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. Tickets start at $20, with half-price admission for children and teens ages 6-18, and discounts for students, educators, military personnel, and seniors.
