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Based on Victor Hugo's famous play The King is Amusing, Rigoletto helped make Verdi an operatic icon. The Met hosts a new production of this ruthless tragedy, set in a hushed, Art Deco Europe of the 1920s, with baritone Quinn Kelsey leading the cast in the commanding title role.

The Story
At a costume ball, the jester Rigoletto humiliates guests who are victims of the shameless seducer Duke of Mantua. To make him pay for his mockery, Rigoletto's enemies set out to capture his daughter Gilda, whom they believe to be his mistress. When the jester realizes that he has been the target of an evil trick, he decides to take revenge with the help of the brigand Sparafucile.

Thom, a genius engineering graduate is interested in the Bank of Spain's safe. The Bank building is more than 100 years old, with no building blueprints available and a security system that includes an underground river that will flood the safe room if their walls are breached. As soon as Thom learns that a legendary lost treasure is going to be held at the bank's safe for just 10 days, he devises, together with charismatic art dealer Walter "Cunningham" a detailed plan to breaking in.

When his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away from Los Angeles.