Rigoletto…in Bluegrass, Trailer (3 min. 2006) Directed by Rob Swales, edited by Lester Alfonso, the film went on to win an award for originality.

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This grassroots film, a bluegrass rendition of Verdi’s opera set in and around Peterborough and starring local actors and musicians, was shot during the annual folk festival. It won “Best Originality” at Kentucky, Tennessee’s Bluegrass Independent Film Festival in 2006.