A feast at the Duke of Mantua's estate. The Duke thinks about the beauty he saw in the church, but in the meantime he seduces the Countess Cerprano. The hunchbacked jester Rigoleto, as if taking revenge on everyone for the mutilations and humiliations he experienced in his youth, mocks Count Ceprano, then Count Monterone, who threatens the Duke with revenge for his daughter's honor. Monterone curses Rigoletto. A joker loses his cool over his daughter, whom he keeps in a suburban cabin. Gilda does not tell her father about the young man she saw in the church. The duke's bribed maid lets him - who calls himself a student - into the house.
   Thinking that Rigoletto lives with a mistress, the courtiers plan to steal her. When they meet the joker, they say he is going to steal Countess Ceprano, and invite him too. After blindfolding the jester, they take the girl away. Rigoleto, hearing Gilda's distant cry, realizes what has happened. Duke is angry - when he returned to Gilda's house, he could not find her. The courtiers tell him that they have kidnapped Rigoletto's lover. Herzog realizes that it is Gilda and rushes to her. Rigoletto returns to the palace, but the courtiers are heartbroken by the hunchback. Gilda comes running; Rigoletto swears. take revenge He turns to the bandit who offered his services, - then he kills Duke.
   Gilda sees him flirting with Magdalena, but still believes in her lover. magdalena likes a young handsome man. Instead, she asks him to kill the first person who knocks on the door. Gilda makes a sacrifice - she knocks on the door of the cottage. Sparafucile hands Rigoletto a bag of corpses. The jester's rejoicing is interrupted by Duke's song. Rigoleto opens the bag, - Monterone's curse has come true.