About This Song
About "Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella" by Aldo Protti
The Duke's flippant carpe diem, and Protti frames it with wry detachment. Lightness here is a mask: the aria skips like a coin across water, all charm and casual cruelty, while the orchestra's pulse hints at the consequences such fickleness will reap. A grin that never reaches the eyes.
