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Seville (Ubaldo at first thinks he hears a singer on the radio) and decides to seize the opportunity. Thanks to an excellent performance in a television program for young talents, Gigetto is an immediate success and promises to become a real gold mine. With the help of a theatrical impresario, he is even offered Verdi's Rigoletto, in the role of the hunchbacked buffoon, always in the role of baritone. But at this point the greedy uncles of the child, who previously had refused to take care of him, show up in order to steal him from his guardian and be able to exploit him in his place.
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