Editing Rigoletto (section)

== Roles ==
[[File:Rigoletto premiere costumes for the Duke and Gilda.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Costumes for the Duke of Mantua and Gilda published by [[Casa Ricordi]] shortly after the 1851 premiere]]
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! scope=col| Role
! scope=col| [[Voice type]]
! scope=col| Premiere cast, 11 March 1851<ref>List of singers taken from {{harvp|Budden|1984|p=476}}. See also [[San Diego Opera]] [http://www.sdopera.com/Operapaedia/Rigoletto Operapaedia&nbsp;– Rigoletto (Cast)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604034608/http://sdopera.com/Operapaedia/Rigoletto |date=2011-06-04 }}</ref><br />Conductor: [[Gaetano Mares]]
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|Rigoletto, ''the Duke's jester''
|[[baritone]]
|[[Felice Varesi]]
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|Gilda, ''his daughter''
|[[soprano]]
|[[Teresa Brambilla]]
|-
|Duke of Mantua
|[[tenor]]
|[[Raffaele Mirate]]
|-
|Sparafucile, ''a murderer for hire''
|[[bass (voice type)|bass]]
|Paolo Damini
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|Maddalena, ''his sister''
|[[contralto]]
|Annetta Casaloni
|-
|Giovanna, ''Gilda's Nurse''
|[[mezzo-soprano]]
|Laura Saini
|-
|Count Ceprano
|bass
|[[Andrea Bellini (singer)|Andrea Bellini]]
|-
|Countess Ceprano, ''his wife''
|mezzo-soprano
|Luigia Morselli
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|Matteo Borsa, ''a courtier''
|tenor
|Angelo Zuliani
|-
|Count Monterone
|baritone
|Feliciano Ponz
|-
|Marullo
|baritone
|Francesco De Kunnerth
|-
|A Court Usher
|bass
|Giovanni Rizzi
|-
|A Page
|mezzo-soprano
|Annetta Modes Lovati
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| colspan="3"|''Male Chorus: the Duke's courtiers and guests''
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