"Miller's innovation was not only a refreshing departure from the staid 'period' readings of the work that had gone before, but it also made sense dramatically, with the opera's themes of revenge, moral corruption and the exploitation of women being a perfect fit with the Mafia setting."
"The story of Rigoletto is lifted from Victor Hugo's play Le Roi s'Amuse (The King Amuses Himself), that was banned in France by the censors after its opening night."
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