Rigoletto e la sua tragedia

I remember hearing a story of a TV showing of the musical comedy "The Sound of Music" in Japan.It seems that they didn't budget enough time for the entire film,so,in order to meet time constraints,they cut out all of the songs and dances.This film reminds me somewhat of that anecdote.They do the story of Verdi's early masterpiece"Rigoletto",do it as a straight play,add the music for background and incidentals,and make some minor cuts to tighten it up.Ok,so we can see how an operatic libretto,and plot can be pretty corny.And we can see how that same plot and libretto can be made magical by the music.But I think that this can be a valuable tool for providing someone unfamiliar with this medium with an introduction to opera.And given the proper groundwork,it just might work.