Rigoletto, in turn, evokes a crescendo of violence and lust for possession that will lead the protagonist to become the Duke of Mantua’s fiercest enemy, after serving him for so many years. This happens after Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda is kidnapped, an event which ends in tragedy. This great work by Giuseppe Verdi was written in 1851, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Amongst the most popular arias are “Questa o quella”, “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”, “La donna è mobile” and the quartet in “Bella figlia dell’amore”.