Rigoletto opens at La Fenice on 11 March 1851 as a completed opera after Austrian censorship of the Hugo subject
La Fenice and Britannica print 11 March 1851 as Rigoletto’s Venice premiere, Piave’s libretto after Hugo, revised under Austrian police constraints. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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La Fenice and Britannica print 11 March 1851 as Rigoletto’s Venice premiere, Piave’s libretto after Hugo, revised under Austrian police constraints.
Context
Shared work with Piave, the Fenice, and censors.
Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Lived 1813–1901. Impresarios, librettists, censors, khedival officers, and Ricordi share the public file. Va pensiero’s later nationalist reception is not stored as his revolutionary act. Complex contribution is required.
Why it matters
The constraint is stored separately.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Giuseppe Verdi
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactRigoletto opens at La Fenice on 11 March 1851 as a completed opera after Austrian censorship of the Hugo subject
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 11 March 1851 · verified
The constraint is stored separately.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Teatro La Fenice — Rigoletto and Traviata heritageFondazione Teatro La Fenice · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Teatro La Fenice and Britannica independently describe the 1851 Rigoletto premiere.
Established: 11 March 1851 premiere. Not established: unique later-box-office welfare coefficients.
Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorGiuseppe Verdi
- contributed toFactRigoletto opens at La Fenice on 11 March 1851 as a completed opera after Austrian censorship of the Hugo subject
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Rigoletto opens at La Fenice on 11 March 1851 as a completed opera after Austrian censorship of the Hugo subject. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-rigoletto-1851
https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-rigoletto-1851
Accessed 16 October 2026.
By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed
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