 Broadcast live to 148 countries, the film starred Plácido Domingo in the title role, and Vittorio Grigolo as The Duke.The plot of the film "Quartet" revolves around the quartet "Bella figlia dell’amore", with which the film concludes.Adaptations of the opera's music include Franz Liszt's "Rigoletto Paraphrase", a piano transcription of "Bella figlia dell’amore" (the famous quartet from Act 3) and a Fantasia on "Rigoletto" (Op.82) by Sigismond Thalberg which was published in Paris in the 1860s.