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Rigoletto - Louis Quilico

Gilda - Costanza Cuccaro

Duca di Mantova - Enrico Di Giuseppe

Sparafucile - Joseph Rouleau

Maddalena - Martha Jane Howe

Monterone - Charles Prévost

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Laser Disc - Lyric Distribution Incorporated 1519

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- This video recording appears to be of a performace in Montreal in May 1984. See OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1984 No.73 p.33. The VHS Video Cassette issued by Lyric is listed in their ŤClassical Video Catalogueť (ca.1991) where the year of the performance recorded is given as 1986.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne

Chorus - L'Opéra de Lausanne

Rigoletto - Carlos Almaguer

Gilda - Nicoleta Ardelean

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe Filianoti

Sparafucile - Jean Teitgen

Maddalena - Isabelle Henriquez

Giovanna - Isabelle Henriquez

Monterone - Ruben Amoretti

Marullo - Vincent Deliau

Borsa - José Luis Sola

Conte di Ceprano - Francesco Biamonte

Contessa di Ceprano - Pauline Sabatier

Un paggio - Nathalie Constantin

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) {2CDS} (2006)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Opéra de Lausanne (September 2005). The CDs issued by live-rare-opera are (were?) listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Niksa Bareza - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rigoletto - Matteo Manuguerra

Gilda - Patricia Wise

Duca di Mantova - Peter Dvorsky

Sparafucile - Kurt Rydl

Maddalena - Victoria Vergara

Giovanna - Leslie Richards

Monterone - Julien Robbins

Marullo - Carl Glaum

Borsa - David Gordon

Conte di Ceprano - Eric Halfvarson

Contessa di Ceprano - Shelley Seitz

Un paggio - Sara Ganz

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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 3 SFO-03; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (July 1981; see OPERA September 1981 p.949 )

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus

Rigoletto - Aldo Protti

Gilda - Gabriella Tucci

Duca di Mantova - Gianni Poggi

Sparafucile - Paolo Washington

Maddalena - Anna Di Stasio

Giovanna - Amalia Pini

Monterone - Silvano Pagliuca

Marullo - Arturo La Porta

Borsa - Athos Cesarini

Conte di Ceprano - Giorgio Onesti

Un paggio - Kazuko Matsuchi

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 354 {3LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc - Seven Seas K33Y103/4 {2CDS} (Japan)

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5363 (2005)Ş

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1462 (NTSC) (+Bastianini - Il balen)

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Video and audio recordings of a performance in Tokyo (30 September 1961). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of Ť2005 Winter/Spring New Releasesť

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1933(LE;Acts 3&4)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Giuseppe De Luca

Gilda - Lily Pons

Duca di Mantova - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Sparafucile - Tancredi Pasero

Maddalena - Gladys Swarthout

Giovanna - Philine Falco

Monterone - Alfredo Gandolfi

Marullo - Millo Picco

Borsa - Angelo Bada

Conte di Ceprano - Paolo Ananian

Contessa di Ceprano - Elda Vettori

Un paggio - Paolina Tomisani

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1273

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of Acts 3 and 4 of a performance at the MET (18 February 1933). Not all the singers listed above appear on this recording. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive was listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The source is described as ŤVery Good private acetatesť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Bendix - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Sweden Royal Opera

Chorus - Sweden Royal Opera

Rigoletto - Erik Sundquist

Gilda - Eva Prytz

Duca di Mantova - Jussi Björling

Sparafucile - Sven-Erik Jacobsson

Maddalena - Kersten Meyer

Giovanna - Barbro Ericson

Monterone - Georg Svedenbrandt

Marullo - Carl Axel Hallgren

Borsa - Olle Sivall

Conte di Ceprano - Ingvar Wixell

Contessa di Ceprano - Judith Garellick

Un paggio - Carrie Nilsson

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Compact Disc - Bluebell ABCD-044

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - June 1993 p.43

Classical Express - Issue No.88 July 1997 p.4

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Benini - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Franz Grundheber

Gilda - Andrea Rost

Duca di Mantova - Ramón Vargas

Sparafucile - Eric Halfvarson

Maddalena - Graciela Araya

Giovanna - Diane Elias

Monterone - John Fanning

Marullo - Mariusz Kwicien

Borsa - Bernard Fitch

Conte di Ceprano - Yanni Yannissis

Contessa di Ceprano - Andrea Trebnik

Un paggio - Alexandra Newland

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 223 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1999)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Jean Bobescu - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Rumanian National Opera

Chorus - Rumanian National Opera

Rigoletto - Nicolae Herlea

Gilda - Magda Ianculescu

Duca di Mantova - Ion Buzea

Sparafucile - Nicolae Rafael

Maddalena - Dorothea Palade

Giovanna - Valeria Savu

Monterone - Nicolae Florei

Marullo - Stefan Petrescu

Borsa - Dimitrie Scurtu

Conte di Ceprano - Jean Banescu

Contessa di Ceprano - Victoria Draganescu

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Black Disc - Electrocord ECE 0198-0200 {3LPS}; ~Fontana H71 AM 330 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Carlton Classics (IMP Classics) 30367 00527 {2CDS}; MCPS SEL 950402; World of the Opera 5256 {2CDS}; Vox Box CDX 5162 {2CDS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May/June 1996 p.105

Orpheus - Juli 1996 S.61

Opéra International - décembre 1996 No.208 p.59

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Elio Boncompagni - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rigoletto - Brent Ellis

Gilda - Faith Esham

Duca di Mantova - Richard Leech

Sparafucile - Mark Doss

Maddalena - Susanne Marsee

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers RIG 198801 {2CDRS} (Canada)

DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVDRIG 198801 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance at the New York City Opera (21 September 1988; see OPERA December 1988 p.1429). The CDRs and DVD issued by ŤThe Opera Loversť are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1971(STU)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Rigoletto - Sherrill Milnes

Gilda - Joan Sutherland

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Martti Talvela

Maddalena - Huguette Tourangeau

Giovanna - Gillian Knight

Monterone - Clifford Grant

Marullo - Christian Du Plessis

Borsa - Ricardo Cassinelli

Conte di Ceprano - John Gibbs

Contessa di Ceprano - Kiri Te Kanawa

Un paggio - Josephte Clement

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Black Disc; - *Decca SET 542-4 {3LPS} (1973)Ş; London 13105 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Decca K2A3

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 269-2 {2CDS} (1985)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1973 p.2090 [EG]; July 1973 p.172 [DST]; September 1973 p.461 [SIR]; July 1985 p. [EG]

Orpheus - Juni/Juli 1973 S.59 [SH]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

Stereophile - February 1998 (Vol.21 No.2) p.87 [LG]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Sherrill Milnes

Gilda - Joan Sutherland

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Ivo Vinco

Maddalena - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Giovanna - Carlotta Ordassy

Monterone - Edmond Karlsrud

Marullo - Russell Christopher

Borsa - Leo Goeke

Conte di Ceprano - Richard Best

Contessa di Ceprano - Carol Wilcox

Un paggio - Ivanka Myhal

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 528 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2006)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- This recording appears to beof a performance at the MET on 14 June 1972.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1987(ACT 3;SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leo Nucci

Gilda - Joan Sutherland

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Maddalena - Isola Jones

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Laser Disc - *DG W00Z 24049 (Japanese NTSC) (+La traviata +Lucia di Lammermoor - excerpts)

DVD (Video) - Decca 074 3229 (+La traviata +Lucia di Lammermoor - excerpts) (2008)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.32 No.1 September/October 2008 pp.387-388 [HF]

American Record Guide - September/October 2008 Vol.71 No.5 (inside back cover)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli - 2002(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rigoletto - Leo Nucci

Gilda - María José Moreno

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe Filianoti

Sparafucile - Mario Luperi

Maddalena - Mariana Pentcheva

Giovanna - Tiziana Tramonti

Monterone - Riccardo Ferrari

Marullo - Marco Camastra

Borsa - Carlo Bosi

Conte di Ceprano - Danilo Serraiocco

Contessa di Ceprano - Nicoletta Zanini

Un paggio - Natalia Gavrilan

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 908 {2CDRS} (2003)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (7 November 2002). The cast listed above is that given in ŤOpera 2003 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italiať pp.114-115. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 Ť03/12/22ť

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Emerson Buckley - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - The Opera Guild of Greater Miami

Chorus - The Opera Guild of Greater Miami

Rigoletto - Cornell MacNeil

Gilda - Roberta Peters

Duca di Mantova - Barry Morell

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2319-2 {2CDRS} (2006)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Miami (21 February 1970). The cast announced in OPERA (May 1969 pp.409-410) also included Jean Sanders, Andrezj Saciuk, Hugh Thompson, but I do not know if they actually sang. The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in ŤNew Releases - October 2006ť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gigi Campanino - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rigoletto - Renato Bruson

Gilda - Cecilia Nuñez Albanese

Duca di Mantova - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sparafucile - Loris Gambelli

Maddalena - Wilma Borelli

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Compact Disc - BongiovannI GAO 177-178 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers RIG 197301 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - December 9 1995 p.48

Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 p.78

Répertoire - No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.30 [PT]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.61

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (February 1973). The CDRs issued by ŤThe Opera Loversť are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna ŤArturo Toscaniniť

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Rigoletto - Leo Nucci

Gilda - Luciana Serra

Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus

Sparafucile - Michele Pertusi

Maddalena - Ambra Vespasiani

Giovanna - Gigiola Caputi

Monterone - Angelo Nosotti

Marullo - Renzo Magnani

Borsa - Gianfranco Manganotti

Conte di Ceprano - Marcello Crisman

Contessa di Ceprano - Lea Kalj

Un paggio - Roberta Quartieri

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2174 (1991)Ş

DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4001 (2001)Ş

VHS Video Cassette; - Bel Canto Society #691 (PAL & NTSC) ;; Hardy Classic Video HCV 1012 (PAL) (2000)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 2002 p.125 [AB]

Orpheus - November 2002 S.95 [IW]

Opéra International - No.256 avril 2001 pp.66-67 [SS]; No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.68-69 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.484 septembre 2001 pp.150-151 [MP]

BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.102 [CC]

American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.247-248 [RVL]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.147 gennaio 2001 p.102 [GL]

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro Regio di Parma (February 1987; see OPERA August 1987 p.929 ). The Hardy Classic Video is advertized in L'OPERA Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 p.43 and the Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in ŤNew Listings - January/February 1991ť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Carignani - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Rigoletto - Luca Gallo

Gilda - Maureen O'Flynn

Duca di Mantova - Marcelo Álvarez

Sparafucile - Mario Luperi

Maddalena - Tea Demurishvilli

Giovanna - Patrizia Gentile

Monterone - Alessandro Svab

Marullo - Mattia Nicolini

Borsa - Antonio Feltraco

Conte di Ceprano - Gianluca Ricci

Contessa di Ceprano - Pinuccia Passarello

Un paggio - Gladys Rossi

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6356 (2007)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (December 2001). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in ŤOpera 2002 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italiať p.190. The DVD-R issued by Premiere is listed in ŤPremiere Opera New Releasesť October 2007

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1948(LE]

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas artes

Rigoletto - Giuseppe Valdengo

Gilda - Nadine Conner

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sparafucile - Ignacio Ruffino

Maddalena - Oralia Domínguez

Marullo - Gilberto Cerda

Borsa - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith ŤThe Golden Age of Operať EJS 559 {1LP} (1971)Ş

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni ŤThe Golden Age of Operať GAO 128-129 {2CDS} (Highlights +Mignon -; Highlights + other excerpts) (1992)Ş; Urania ŤArchivo Storicoť URN 22.106 {1CD} (1999)Ş; Bongiovanni GB 1154-2 (Highlights + extracts from other operas with di Stefano) {1CD}

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 2000 S.60 (mention) [GH]; Oktober 2002 S.55 [IW]

Opéra International - No.172 septembre 1993 p.80

American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.298 [DA]

Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.3 [SJT]

Répertoire - No.125 juin 1999 p.89 (mention)

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.161 maggio 2002 p.109 (highlights) [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [JV]

Comments:- Incomplete recording of a performance in Mexico City (22 June 1948)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Erna Berger

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Italo Tajo

Maddalena - Nan Merriman

Giovanna - Mary Kreste

Monterone - Richard Wentworth

Marullo - Arthur Newman

Borsa - Nathaniel Sprinzena

Conte di Ceprano - Paul Ukena

Contessa di Ceprano - Joyce White

Un paggio - Joyce White

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor DM 1400/01 (12-1262 - 12-1275) {14x78s) (1950)Ş; RCA Victor DM 1414 {15x78s;AC} (1950)Ş; RCA Victor WDM 1400/1401 (49-1304 - 49-1318) {15x45s} (1950)Ş; RCA Victor LM 6101 {3LPS;AC} (1950)Ş; HMV ALP 1004-6 {3LPS;AC} (1952)Ş; HMV ALP 1392 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - RCA CLK 2-5378 {2CDS};; Myto ŤHistoricalť 2CD 004 H050 (+Highlights cond Heger) {2CDS} (2000)Ş; Preiser Records 90452 {2CDS} (2001)Ş; Naxos ŤHistoricalť 8.110148-49 (+Warren recital) {2CDS} (2001)Ş; Membran 221311 {2CDS} (2004)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1950 p.134 [HCS]; November 1952 p.144 [AR]; November 1956 pp.224-225 (Highlights) [AP]

Opera - January 1953 p.35 [H]

Fanfare - Vol.24 No.6 July/August 2001 pp.243-244 [BR]; Vol.25 No.1 September/ October 2001 p.381 (letter), pp.379-380 [RT]; Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 pp.285-286 [BR]

Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.56-S.57 [SL]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

American Record Guide - November 1950 Vol.17 No.3 p.82 [PHR]: May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.347 [RVL]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1952 p.9

International Record Review - September 2001 pp.81-82 [RP]

Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2001 pp.100-101 [JTH]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - julio/agosto 2001 No.145 pp.45-46 [SV]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.96 [LB]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.262 février 2002 p.84 [CFD]

Comments:- Recorded in the ballroom of the Manhatten Center, New York between 8 March and 25 May 1950. More details can be found in ŤComplete Operas on 78 R.P.M.ť by Tom Peel

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Rigoletto - Norman Mittelman

Gilda - Elena Mauti Nunziata

Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus

Sparafucile - Gianfranco Casarini

Maddalena - Sylvana Mazzieri

Giovanna - Kathleen Kuhlmann

Monterone - Giorgio Giorgetti

Marullo - Thomas Booth

Borsa - Dean Shoff

Conte di Ceprano - Robert Tota

Contessa di Ceprano - Winifred Faix-Brown

Un paggio - H.L. Silets Jr.

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers RIG 197601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (27 October 1976; see OPERA January 1977 p.44). The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by ŤThe Opera Loversť are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Rigoletto - Matteo Manuguerra

Gilda - Judith Blegen

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Richard T. Gill

Maddalena - Kathleen Kuhlmann

Giovanna - Sharon Graham

Monterone - Donnie Ray Albert

Marullo - Tom Fox

Borsa - William Mitchell

Conte di Ceprano - Daniel McConnell

Contessa di Ceprano - Martha Finch-Monastero

Un paggio - Jamie Gangi

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers RIG 198001 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (12 October 1979; see OPERA December 1979 pp.1181-1182). The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by ŤThe Opera Loversť are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1983(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rigoletto - Ingvar Wixell

Gilda - Edita Gruberova

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Maddalena - Victoria Vergara

Giovanna - Fedora Barbieri

Monterone - Ingvar Wixell

Marullo - Bernd Weikl

Borsa - Rémy Corazza

Conte di Ceprano - Roland Bracht

Contessa di Ceprano - Kathleen Kuhlmann

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Laser Disc - Decca 071 401-1 (PAL); London 071 501-1 (NTSC) *London WOOZ 25001/2(Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Decca POBL 1007 (Japan) (2000)Ş; Decca 071 401-9 (2001)Ş; Decca 073 4166 (2006)Ş; DG B0006581-09 (USA) (2006)Ş

VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 401-3(PAL)

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1988 p.580; August 2001 p.94 [JBS]

Opera - January 2002 pp.115-121 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.25 No.2 November/December 2001 pp.295-296 [RT]; Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.331-332 [RT]

Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.96 [MK2]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.120-124 [TE]

Opéra International - No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.68-69 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.484 septembre 2001 pp.150-151 [MP]

International Record Review - June 2001 pp.84-85 [SP]: July/August 2006 p.83 [RP]

The Classical Video Guide - p.125

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.153 giugno 2001 pp.95-96 [MG]

Répertoire - No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.30 [PT]

Opéra Magazine - No.9 juillet/aoüt 2006 p.85 [JC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.79 [PMH]

Comments:- The role of Marullo is acted by Louis Otey. According to the Gruberova online discography the soundtrack was recorded in December 1981 and the film was made in April, May 1982.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1988(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Rigoletto - Leo Nucci

Gilda - June Anderson

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Maddalena - Shirley Verrett

Giovanna - Vitalba Mosca

Monterone - Natale de Carolis

Marullo - Roberto Scaltriti

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Carlo De Bortoli

Contessa di Ceprano - Anna Caterina Antonacci

Un paggio - Marilena Laurenza

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Black Disc; - Decca 425 864-1 {2LPS} (1990)Ş

Compact Cassette; - *Decca 425 864-4 (1990)Ş

Compact Disc; - Decca 425 864-2 {2CDS} (1990)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1990 p.1375 [AB]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.3 Autumn 1990 pp.172-179 [RG]

Stereophile - October 1990 (Vol.13 No.10) p.249

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Pietro Cimara - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Patrice Munsel

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Dezsö Ernster

Maddalena - Martha Lipton

Giovanna - Thelma Altman

Monterone - Clifford Harvuot

Marullo - George Cehanovsky

Borsa - Leslie Chabay

Conte di Ceprano - John Baker

Contessa di Ceprano - Maxine Stellman

Un paggio - Thelma Altman

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 748 (& 515)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET 19 March 1949. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The source (7480 was stated to be ŤFair to very good private acetatesť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Roberta Peters

Duca di Mantova - Richard Tucker

Sparafucile - Giorgio Tozzi

Maddalena - Rosalind Elias

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Gabor Carelli

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Maria Leone

Un paggio - Vilma Georgiou

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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2426-2427 {2LPS} (1980)Ş; Replica RPL 22426 {2LPS} (1984)Ş

Compact Disc; - Grand Tier USA 4995-2 {2CDS}; Grand Tier (ENGT 9195) {2CDS} ;; Omega Opera Archive 498; Andromeda ANDRCD 5078 {2CDS} (2006)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62; Oktober 1995 S.61

American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.241

Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.94 [PN]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 February 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1956?(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Robert McFerrin

Gilda - Laurel Hurley

Duca di Mantova - Daniele Barioni

Maddalena - Sandra Warfield

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 214

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Roberta Peters

Duca di Mantova - Eugenio Fernandi

Sparafucile - William Wilderman

Maddalena - Margaret Roggero

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Calvin Marsh

Borsa - Gabor Carelli

Conte di Ceprano - George Cehanovsky

Contessa di Ceprano - Madelaine Chambers

Un paggio - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 858 (& 624 & 2835) ; Bensar OL 32859 (BRO 125577) {2CDRS} (2005)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 March 1959). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of Ťberkshire record outlet inc.ť (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Robert Merrill

Gilda - Roberta Peters

Duca di Mantova - Richard Tucker

Sparafucile - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Maddalena - Mignon Dunn

Giovanna - Carlotta Ordassy

Monterone - John Macurdy

Marullo - Calvin Marsh

Borsa - Arthur Graham

Conte di Ceprano - Robert Patterson

Contessa di Ceprano - Joy Clements

Un paggio - Junetta Jones

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1734 (& 1499) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 February 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor José M. Collado - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Chorus - Teatro Lirico Nacional

Rigoletto - John Rawnsley

Gilda - Patricia Wise

Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus

Sparafucile - Miguel Angel Zapater

Maddalena - Eleonora Jankovic

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers RIG 198901 {2CDRS} (Canada)

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6192 (2007)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro de la Zarzuela (March 1989; see OPERA December 1989 p.1486; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 1989 No.126 p.39). The CDRs issued by ŤThe Opera Loversť are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and the DVD-R issued by Premiere is listed in ŤPremiere Opera - New Releasesť dated 11 July 2007.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris

Rigoletto - Paolo Gavanelli

Gilda - Andrea Rost

Duca di Mantova - Ramón Vargas

Maddalena - Graciela Araya

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5478 (2005)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Bastille Opera (October 1996; see OPERA January 1997 p.83). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their Ť2005 FALL NEW RELEASESť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giorgio Croci - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao

Chorus - Orfeón de Sestao

Rigoletto - Yasuo Horiuchi

Gilda - Kathryn Gamberoni

Duca di Mantova - Sang-Gon Kim

Sparafucile - Kyung-Jun Choi

Maddalena - Mihoko Fujimura

Giovanna - Inmaculada Martínez

Monterone - Javier Hernani

Marullo - Juan Tomas Hernani

Borsa - Juan Luis Anasagasti

Conte di Ceprano - Pedro Llarena

Contessa di Ceprano - Raquel Urquijo

Un paggio - Raquel Urquijo

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Compact Disc - Hilargi Records ZO 96 {2CDS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- The CDs are listed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.254 janvier 2001 p.21

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in French

Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1958?(SE)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Rigoletto - Michel Dens

Gilda - Mado Robin

Duca di Mantova - Maurice Blondel

Sparafucile - Xavier Depraz

Maddalena - Solange Michel

Giovanna - Solange Michel

Monterone - Louis Noguera

Borsa - Jean-Christophe Benoit

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Black Disc; - Pathé DTX 30.173 {1LP} (1959)Ş; EMI 2C 061 12128 {1LP}

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.37 avril 1959 p.29 [JP]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rigoletto - Paolo Gavanelli

Gilda - Christine Schäfer

Duca di Mantova - Marcelo Álvarez

Sparafucile - Eric Halfvarson

Maddalena - Graciela Araya

Giovanna - Elizabeth Sikora

Monterone - Giovanni Battista Parodi

Marullo - Quentin Hayes

Borsa - Peter Auty

Conte di Ceprano - Graeme Broadbent

Contessa di Ceprano - Dervia Ramsay

Un paggio - Andrea Hazell

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 406 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)Ş

DVD (Video) - BBC/Opus Arte Media OA 0829 D (Europe) (2002)Ş; BBC/Opus Arte Media OA 0830 D (USA) (2002)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 2002 pp.86-87 (DVD) [AB]

Opera News - September 2002 p.118 (DVD) [MB]

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.77-S.78 (DVD) [IW]

Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.1 Winter 2003 pp.122-125 (DVD) [NR]

Opéra International - No.270 juillet-aoüt 2002 pp.72-73 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.494 juillet-aoüt 2002 p.130 (DVD) [MP]

International Record Review - June 2002 pp.90-91 (DVD) [CC]

BBC Music Magazine - June 2002 p.96 (DVD) [GH]

Répertoire - No.158 juin 2002 p.29 (DVD) [PT]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2002 No.155 p.65 (DVD) [JML]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.169 febbraio 2003 pp.97-98 (DVD) [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.84 (DVD) [MCP]

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance at Covent Garden (19 September 2001; see OPERA November 2001 pp.1395-1397). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in August 2004 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rigoletto - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Gilda - Ekaterina Siurina

Duca di Mantova - Rolando Villazón

Sparafucile - Eric Halfvarson

Maddalena - Viktoria Vizin

Giovanna - Elizabeth Sikora

Monterone - Darren Jeffery

Marullo - Jared Holt

Borsa - Robert Murray

Conte di Ceprano - Graeme Broadbent

Contessa di Ceprano - Dervia Ramsay

Un paggio - Andrea Hazell

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1821-2 {2CDRS} (2005)Ş; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK-HTM) {2CDS} (2007)Ş

Ş(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (July 2005). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their Ť2005 FALL NEW RELEASESť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)

Chorus - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)

Rigoletto - Hugo Hasslo

Gilda - Margareta Hallin

Duca di Mantova - Nicolai Gedda

Sparafucile - Arne Tyrén

Maddalena - Kersten Meyer

Giovanna - Barbro Ericson

Monterone - Georg Svedenbrandt

Marullo - Anders Näslund

Borsa - Olle Sivall

Conte di Ceprano - Ingvar Wixell

Contessa di Ceprano - Ingeborg Kjellgren

Un paggio - Birgit Nordin

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Black Disc - BIS LP-296 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - BIS CD-296 {2CDS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1994 p.107

Opera Now - April 1994 p.53

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.5 May-June 1994 p.274

Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 9) S.40

Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 No.193 p.78

Répertoire - No.68 avril 1994 p.81

Comments:- Recording of a performance the Royal Opera Stockholm (18 January 1959)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in English

Conductor Mark Elder - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - English National Opera

Chorus - English National Opera

Rigoletto - John Rawnsley

Gilda - Marie McLaughlin

Duca di Mantova - Arthur Davies

Sparafucile - John Tomlinson

Maddalena - Jean Rigby

Giovanna - Myrna Moreno

Monterone - Sean Rea

Marullo - Malcolm Rivers

Borsa - Terry Jenkins

Conte di Ceprano - Mark Richardson

Contessa di Ceprano - Susan Underwood

Un paggio - Linda Rands

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VHS Video Cassette - Thames Video VHS TV 8013 (PAL); HBO Video 0143 (NTSC); Home Vision RIG 01 (NTSC)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - 31 March 1990 p.34 [HEP]

The Classical Video Guide - p.125

Opernwelt - August 1986 p.61 [GP]

Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the ENO

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in English

Conductor Mark Elder - 1983(STU)

Orchestra - English National Opera

Chorus - English National Opera

Rigoletto - John Rawnsley

Gilda - Helen Field

Duca di Mantova - Arthur Davies

Sparafucile - John Tomlinson

Maddalena - Jean Rigby

Giovanna - Shelagh Squires

Monterone - Norman Bailey

Marullo - Alan Opie

Borsa - Terry Jenkins

Conte di Ceprano - Mark Richardson

Contessa di Ceprano - Linda McLeod

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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 2700323 (ASD 23-0032 - 27-0033( {2LPS} (1984)Ş; Angel DSBX 3957 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 2700325 (1984)Ş

Compact Disc; - HMV CMS 7 69369-2 {2CDS} (1989)Ş; Chandos CHAN 3030 {2CDS} (2000)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1984 p.68 [AB]; May 1989 p. [AB]

Opera - May 2000 p.620 [AB]

Opera Now - May/June 2000 p.108 [ST]

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 p.254 [JC]

Orpheus - März 2001 S.56 [MK2]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.101-103 [JG2]

Classical Express - Issue No.120 March 2000 p.3 [NL]

American Record Guide - Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 pp.218-219 [LM]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Richard Tucker

Sparafucile - Alois Pernerstorfer

Maddalena - Jean Madeira

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Paul Franke

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Anne Bollinger

Un paggio - Margaret Roggero

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Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 121059 {2CDRS} (2004)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- This is probably a recording of the performance at the MET on 8 December 1951 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of Ťberkshire record outlet inc.ť. Here the conductor is given as ŤClevať, but according to the ŤMET Annalsť he did not conduct Rigoletto at the MET in 1951.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Eugene Conley

Sparafucile - Nicola Moscona

Maddalena - Jean Madeira

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Gabor Carelli

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Un paggio - Margaret Roggero

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 721 (& 488) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 March 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rigoletto - Aldo Protti

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Mario Del Monaco

Sparafucile - Cesare Siepi

Maddalena - Giulietta Simionato

Giovanna - Luisa Ribacchi

Monterone - Fernando Corena

Marullo - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Dario Caselli

Contessa di Ceprano - Christiane Castelli

Un paggio - Lina Rossi

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5006-5008 {3LPS} (1955)Ş; Decca ŤAce of Clubsť ACL 203-205 {3LPS} (1964)Ş; Decca ŤAce of Diamondsť GOM 519-521 (1967)Ş; London LLA 25 {3LPS} (1955)Ş;; Richmond RS 63005 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)Ş

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 242-2 {2CDS} (1994)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1955 p.366 [PHW]; April 1955 p.471 [DST]; August 1964 pp.102-103 [EG]; May 1967 pp.604-605 [EG]; July 1994 p.120 [AB]

Opera - February 1955 p.123

Opera Now - February 1994 p.56

Diapason - No.401 février 1994 pp.149-150 (mention) [MP]

American Record Guide - March 1955 Vol.21 No.7 p.221 [JN]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii, p.64 iv, p.64 v [JH]

Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152, p.157 [DH]

Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in French

Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1953(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Rigoletto - Ernest Blanc

Gilda - Renée Doria

Duca di Mantova - Guy Fouché

Maddalena - Denise Scharley

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Black Disc - Concert Artists LPA 1090 {1LP}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in French

Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1961?(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Chorus - Choeurs

Rigoletto - Robert Massard

Gilda - Renée Doria

Duca di Mantova - Alain Vanzo

Sparafucile - Adrien Legros

Maddalena - Denise Scharley

Monterone - Jean-Pierre Laffage

Borsa - Camille Rouquetty

Conte di Ceprano - Jacques Scellier

Contessa di Ceprano - Micheline Dupré

Un paggio - Agnes Adam

Johanna - Agnes Adam

Marcello - Michel Forel

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Black Disc; - Véga VAL 21 {3LPS} (1961)Ş

Compact Disc; - Philips 456 598-2 {2CDS} (1997)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]

Diapason - No.59 septembre 1961 p.30 [JG]; No.443 décembre 1997 p.136 [MP]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.142 [DVM]

Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.79 [JB]

Comments:- I thank Mr. William Melvin for providing me with information which enabled me to correct errors in an earlier version of this entry.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 195?(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - NOT KNOWN

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi

Gilda - Giuseppina Arnaldi

Duca di Mantova - Mario Del Monaco

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VHS Video Cassette - VIEW VIDEO 1403(PAL)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.57

Comments:- A video of a film in which actors double the parts of the singers and which onlycontains the main arias and duets

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Rigoletto - Piero Cappuccilli

Gilda - Renata Scotto

Duca di Mantova - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sparafucile - Ivo Vinco

Maddalena - Armanda Bonato

Giovanna - Maria Del Fante

Monterone - Giovanni Foiani

Marullo - Virgilio Carbonari

Borsa - Gianfranco Bertagna

Conte di Ceprano - Mario Castagnetti

Contessa di Ceprano - Luciana Rezzadore

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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3472

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (13 August 1966). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1973 Festival p.83.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - CHORUS

Rigoletto - Peter Glossop

Gilda - Louise Russell

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Ruggero Raimondi

Maddalena - Anna Di Stasio

Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio

Monterone - Plinio Clabassi

Marullo - Guido Mazzini

Borsa - Augusto Pedroni

Conte di Ceprano - Kouichi Tagini

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VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1220 (NTSC)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in Tokyo (22 September 1971).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ferraris - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rigoletto - Manuel Ausensi

Gilda - Suna Korat

Duca di Mantova - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sparafucile - Enrico Fissore

Maddalena - Montserrat Aparici

Monterone - Juan Rico

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers RIG 196602 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (18 December 1966). The performance on 16 December 1966 is reviewed in OPERA March 1967 p.245. The CDRs issued by ŤThe Opera Loversť are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Fogliani - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rigoletto - Ambrogio Maestri

Gilda - Ruth Ann Swenson

Duca di Mantova - Tito Beltran

Sparafucile - Konstantin Gorny

Maddalena - Chiara Chialli

Monterone - Giuseppe Riva

Conte di Ceprano - Francesco Esposito

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1807-2 {2CDRS} (2005)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (17 May 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in ŤLatest Releases from Premiere Opera - 22 July 2005ť.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1963(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Rigoletto - Sesto Bruscantini

Gilda - Emilia Ravaglia

Duca di Mantova - Aldo Bottion

Sparafucile - Massimiliano Malaspina

Maddalena - Elena Zilio

Giovanna - Maja Zingerle

Monterone - Angelo Nosotti

Marullo - Silvano Carroli

Borsa - Ottorino Begali

Conte di Ceprano - Hossein Sarshar

Contessa di Ceprano - Renata Longhino

Un paggio - Marisa Zotti

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Compact Disc; - Premiere (Italy) {2CDRS} (2008)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 5 November 1963. The cast listed above is that given in Ť50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980ť by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.172. The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advetised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The date of the performance recorded is given here as 16 October 1963. This may be the day that the recording was made.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rigoletto - Piero Cappuccilli

Gilda - Renata Scotto

Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti

Sparafucile - Walter Kreppel

Maddalena - Vera Little

Giovanna - Liselotte Maikl

Monterone - Gerd Nienstedt

Marullo - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V816-2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribtion ALD 1649

Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - The Operas of Verdi - Volume 1 - The Early Years {1xCD-ROM} (2001)Ş; House of Opera CDBB 898 {2CDRS} (2003)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (26 September 1970). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 Ť03/12/22ť

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in German

Conductor Ferenc Fricsay - 1950(RA)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Rigoletto - Josef Metternich

Gilda - Rita Streich

Duca di Mantova - Rudolf Schock

Sparafucile - Fritz Hoppe

Maddalena - Margarete Klose

Giovanna - Silvia Menz

Monterone - Wilhelm Lang

Marullo - Leopold Clam

Borsa - Rolph (Ralf) Peters

Conte di Ceprano - Otto Hüsch

Contessa di Ceprano - Silvia Menz

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945 111 {2CDS} (1994)Ş; Myto 2 MCD 021 H064 (+Schock - recital) {2CDS} (2002)Ş; Cantus Classics 500205 {2CDS}; Walhall ŤEternity Seriesť WLCD 0121 {2CDS} (2005)Ş; Audite 23406 {2CDS} (2008)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.328; Vol.32 No.1 September/October 2008 p.302 [BV]

Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60

Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 No.193 p.76

Diapason - No.559 juin 2008 p.126 [JC]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.169

Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.77

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.162 giugno 2002 p.106 [GL]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in German

Conductor Alceo Galliera - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rigoletto - Ernst Gutstein

Gilda - Ingrid Paller

Duca di Mantova - Cesare Curzi

Sparafucile - Heiner Horn

Maddalena - Ursula Gust

Giovanna - Ilse Köhler

Monterone - Hubert Hofmann

Marullo - Robert Titze

Borsa - Alfons Graf

Conte di Ceprano - Theo Zilliken

Contessa di Ceprano - Helga Mösbauer

Un paggio - Artur Horn

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Black Disc - Electrola 91 290/91/92 {3LPS}; Electrola STE 91 290/91/92 {3LPS} EMI 1C 197 30708-9 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - EMI 7243 5 74711 2 1 {2CDS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Romano Gandolfi - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rigoletto - Leo Nucci

Gilda - Adriana Anelli

Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus

Sparafucile - Alfredo Zanazzo

Maddalena - Montserrat Aparici

Monterone - Stefano Palatchi

Marullo - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

Borsa - Conrad Gaspà

Conte di Ceprano - Pablo Pascual

Contessa di Ceprano - Maria Àngels Sarroca

Un paggio - María Antonia Martín Regueiro

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6193 (2007)Ş

VHS Video Cassette - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 1780 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Liceo (March 1987).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Hungarian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1965(STU)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera

Chorus - Hungarian State Opera

Rigoletto - György Melis

Gilda - Margit László

Duca di Mantova - Róbert Ilosfalvy

Sparafucile - József Bódy

Maddalena - Zsuzsa Barlay

Giovanna - Éva Elek

Monterone - Zsolt Bende

Marullo - László Palócz

Borsa - Árpád Kishegyi

Conte di Ceprano - Tibor Nádas

Contessa di Ceprano - Éva Gombos

Un paggio - Éva Elek

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Black Disc - Hungaroton (Qualiton) LPX 1231-1233 {3LPS} Hungaroton (Qualiton) SLPX 1231-1233 {3LPS} Hungaroton (Qualiton) SLPX 11389 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc - Hungaroton HCD 31808-31809 {2CDS}

Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1969 p.73 (Highlights)

Opera - October 1966 pp.800-801 [HDR]

Audio & Record Review - August 1966 p.38 [CW]

Comments:- The Hungaroton LPs are listed in the 1984 Hungaroton catalogue

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rigoletto - Peter Glossop

Gilda - Fiorella Pediconi

Duca di Mantova - Peter Lindroos

Sparafucile - Gwynne Howell

Maddalena - Anne Wilkens

Giovanna - Margaret Williams

Monterone - Forbes Robinson

Marullo - Thomas Allen

Borsa - John Dobson

Conte di Ceprano - Eric Garrett

Contessa di Ceprano - Anna Cooper

Un paggio - Elaine Mary Hall

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 441 {2CDRS} (2004)Ş

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (15 December 1975). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 13-19 December 1975 p.34. The performance on 1 December 1975 is reviewed in OPERA February 1975 pp.169-170. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website on 1 November 2004 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

Chorus - London Choral Society

Rigoletto - Renato Bruson

Gilda - Barbara Hendricks

Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus

Sparafucile - Agostino Ferrin

Maddalena - Stefania Toczyska

Giovanna - Danièle Grima

Monterone - Ulrik Cold

Marullo - Frédéric Vassar

Borsa - Bernard van der Meersch

Conte di Ceprano - Fernand Dumont

Contessa di Ceprano - Geneviève Barrial

Un paggio - Sonia Nigoghossian

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 178-3 {3LPS} (1982)Ş

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers RIG 198001 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; ŤMusica 99ť p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

Comments:- Rec