| Giuseppe Verdi operas |
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• Rigoletto (1851) • Il trovatore (1853) • La traviata (1853) • Les vêpres siciliennes (1855) • Un ballo in maschera (1859) • La forza del destino (1862) • Aida (1871) • Otello (1887) • Falstaff (1893) |
“Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi
РиголеттоPremiere / date of written: 11 March 1851
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
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| 1 |
Italian
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Francesco Maria Piave |
| 2 |
German
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| 3 |
English
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Dale McAdoo, 1956, revised 1989 |
| 4 |
French
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B. Vierne |
original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
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Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
| 1954 | Rigoletto — Aldo Protti, Duke of Mantua — Mario Del Monaco, Gilda — Hilde Gueden, Sparafucile — Cesare Siepi, Maddalena — Giulietta Simionato |
Alberto Erede Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome |
CD: Decca Cat: 440242 |
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| 1955 | Rigoletto — Tito Gobbi, Duke of Mantua — Giuseppe Di Stefano, Gilda — Maria Callas, Sparafucile — Nicola Zaccaria, Maddalena — Adriana Lazzarini |
Tullio Serafin La Scala Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 747469 |
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| 1963 | Rigoletto — Robert Merrill, Duke of Mantua — Alfredo Kraus, Gilda — Anna Moffo, Sparafucile — Ezio Flagello, Maddalena — Rosalind Elias |
Sir Georg Solti RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: RCA Victor Cat: 70785 |
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| 1967 | Rigoletto — Cornell MacNeil, Duke of Mantua — Nicolai Gedda, Gilda — Reri Grist, Sparafucile — Agostino Ferrin, Maddalena — Anna di Stasio |
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 3932822 |
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| 1971 | Rigoletto — Sherrill Milnes, Duke of Mantua — Luciano Pavarotti, Gilda — Joan Sutherland, Sparafucile — Martti Talvela, Maddalena — Huguette Tourangeau Count Monterone — Clifford Grant, Giovanna — Gillian Knight, Matteo Borsa — Riccardo Cassinelli, Marullo — Christian Du Plessis, Countess Ceprano — John Gibbs |
Richard Bonynge London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 414-269-2 |
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| 1979 | Rigoletto — Piero Cappuccilli, Duke of Mantua — Plácido Domingo, Gilda — Ileana Cotrubaș, Sparafucile — Nicolai Ghiaurov, Maddalena — Elena Obraztsova |
Carlo Maria Giulini Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 753-2 |
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| 1994 | Rigoletto — Renato Bruson Duke of Mantua — Roberto Alagna Gilda — Andrea Rost Sparafucile — Dimitri Kavrakos Maddalena — Mariana Pentcheva Count Monterone — Giorgio Giuseppini Giovanna — Antonella Trevisan Matteo Borsa — Ernesto Gavazzi Marullo — Silvestro Sammaritano Countess Ceprano — Nicoletta Zanini Count Ceprano — Antonio de Gobbi A Page — Marilena Laurenza |
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus |
Sony Classical S2K 66314 |
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Video recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
| 1977 | Rigoletto — Cornell MacNeil, Duke of Mantua — Plácido Domingo, Gilda — Ileana Cotrubaș, Sparafucile — Justino Díaz, Maddalena — Isola Jones |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Kirk Browning |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0930 |
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| 1982
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Rigoletto — Ingvar Wixell, Duke of Mantua — Luciano Pavarotti, Gilda — Edita Gruberova, Sparafucile — Ferruccio Furlanetto, Maddalena — Victoria Vergara |
Riccardo Chailly Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4166; Decca Cat: 071401 |
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External links
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Sheet Music — www.sheetmusicplus.com