publicity for this film suggest that it be shock and sensational . well and we opera lover see some strange sight in opera house so we be not shock by the duke of mantua urinate during his reprise of la donna è mobile and nor be it sensational to see gilda sing caro nome in the bath . it be just crass and boring . what stand out about this film be it lack of imagination . director corina van eijk set the duke palace in a seedy swim pool . in fact and he be not the duke and he be just a character name duka and so it difficult to see why he have lot of hanger on and his own jester and rigoletto . rigoletto live in a council flat that be furnish with the orange sofa and decorate in the spotted wallpaper that be de rigeur among avant garde director . the duke and sorry duka heavy ride around on motor scooter ( yawn ) . concept impose on an opera like this can produce unexpected and and unintentional humour . what can we make of the fact that gilda have a maid and even though she live in a council flat . when the call go out that monterone be be take to prison we see him be march out of the swim pool by two attendant in pink short . one imagine that he be go to be charge with urinate in a public swimming pool . it be common for opera film to be lip sync 20 year ago but there be just no excuse for it today . a dubbed opera be like soft porn . you do not believe in what be happen because the performer be not make enough effort . the actress in gilda role do not seem to have learn her line properly . she barely move her lip when she be suppose to be sing . when she sing caro nome in the bath she lie back with her leg slightly part . it be difficult to tell which orifice the sound be suppose to be emanate from . the duke and later cap this by sing while engage in cunnilingus with maddalena and give a new meaning to the phrase yodelling in the canyon . the ambiance of the sound never seem right with the orchestra sometimes sound a though it be be play through a transistor radio . fairly slow and rumpity tumpity tempo be prefer so that the overall effect be of a karaoke in your local pub . this be a film of a production by opera spanga . spanga be a village in friesland in the netherlands . they normally perform in a tent in a field . if i have be watch this performance in a tent in a field in friesland i would have be fairly indulgent . by film this production and give it a worldwide audience and the villager also hold themselves open to worldwide ridicule .