Editing Rigoletto (section)

=== 20th century and beyond ===
Several modern productions have radically changed the original setting. These include [[Jonathan Miller]]'s 1982 production for the [[English National Opera]], which is set amongst the [[American Mafia|Mafia]] in New York City's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] during the 1950s; [[Doris Dörrie]]'s 2005 production for the [[Bavarian State Opera]], where the Court of Mantua became [[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|The Planet of the Apes]]; director Linda Brovsky's production for Seattle Opera, placing the story in Mussolini's fascist Italy, in 2004 (repeated in 2014); and [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]'s 2013 production for the [[Metropolitan Opera]], which is set in a casino in 1960s [[Las Vegas]]. Different characters portray different archetypes from the [[Rat Pack]] era, with the Duke becoming a [[Frank Sinatra]]-type character and Rigoletto becoming [[Don Rickles]].{{sfnp|Loomis|2005}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1989}} In March 2014, [[Lindy Hume]], artistic director of Australia's [[Opera Queensland]] staged the opera set in the party-going world of disgraced former Italian prime minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]].<ref>[[Lindy Hume]], [https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/mar/19/verdis-rigoletto-plays-right-into-the-hands-of-a-silvio-fox "Verdi's Rigoletto plays right into the hands of a Silvio fox"], ''[[The Guardian]]'' (London), 19 March 2014</ref>