Rigoletto discography
Appearance
This is a list of recordings of Rigoletto, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
Recordings
Year | Cast (Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua, Gilda, Sparafucile, Maddalena) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
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1915-1918 | Antonio Armentano Anticorona Fernando de Lucia, Angela de Angelis, Luis Muñoz, Vida Ferluga |
Salvatore Sassano San Carlo orchestra & chorus, Naples |
Audio LP: Phonotype Cat: |
1916 | Cesare Formichi, Giuseppe Taccani, Ines Maria Ferraris, Vincenzo Bettoni, G Caiani |
Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
Audio LP: Columbia Cat: D 17732-17747[2] |
1917 | Giuseppe Danise, Carlo Broccardi, Ayres Borghi-Zerni, Vincenzo Bettoni, Nelda Garrone |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
Audio LP: Bongiovanni Cat: GB 1024[3] |
1927-1928 | Luigi Piazza, Tino Folgar, Lina Pagliughi, Salvatore Baccaloni, Vera de Christoff |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
CD: Radiex Cat: RXC1113-14 |
1927 | Riccardo Stracciari, Dino Borgioli, Mercedes Capsir, Ernesto Dominici, Anna Masetti-Bassi |
Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
Audio LP: Columbia Records Cat: |
1935 | Lawrence Tibbett, Frederick Jagel-Act 1 / Jan Kiepura-Act 2, Lily Pons, Virgilio Lazzari, Helen Olheim |
Ettore Panizza Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110020-1[4] |
1944 | Heinrich Schlusnus, Helge Rosvaenge, Erna Berger, Josef Greindl, Margarete Klose |
Robert Heger, Staatsoper Berlin orchestra & chorus (Performed in German translation) |
Audio LP: Eterna Collection Cat: |
1945 | Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren Bidu Sayão, Norman Cordon, Martha Lipton |
Cesare Sodero Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110051-52 |
1950 | Leonard Warren, Jan Peerce, Erna Berger, Italo Tajo, Nan Merriman |
Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra Robert Shaw Chorale |
CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88883729002 |
1950 | Josef Metternich, Rudolf Schock, Rita Streich, Wilhelm Lang, Margarete Klose |
Ferenc Fricsay, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, RIAS Kammerchor |
CD: Myto Records, Cat: 945111 |
1952 | Piero Campolonghi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas, Alberto Herrera, Gilberto Cerda |
Umberto Mugnai, Palace of the Arts orchestra & chorus, Mexico City |
CD: Urania Cat: 223 |
1954 | Giuseppe Taddei, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Lina Pagliughi, Giulio Neri, Irma Colasanti |
Angelo Questa Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI |
CD: Warner-Fonit Cat: 8573 82647-2 |
1954 | Aldo Protti, Mario Del Monaco, Hilde Gueden, Cesare Siepi, Giulietta Simionato |
Alberto Erede Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra & chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 440242 |
1955 | Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Adriana Lazzarini |
Tullio Serafin, Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 747469 |
1956 | Robert Merrill, Jussi Björling, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi, Anna Maria Rota |
Jonel Perlea, Rome Opera House orchestra & chorus |
CD: RCA Cat: LM-6051[5] |
1960 | Ettore Bastianini, Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto |
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra & chorus |
CD: BMG Classics-Ricordi Cat: 74321 68779 2 |
1961 | Cornell MacNeil, Renato Cioni, Joan Sutherland, Cesare Siepi, Stefania Malagu |
Nino Sanzogno, Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra & chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 443 853-2 |
1961 | Cornell MacNeil, Gianni Raimondi, Leyla Gencer, Jorge Algorta, Carmen Burello |
Argeo Quadri, Buenos Aires Philharmonic and Chorus |
CD: Myto Records Cat: 3225 |
1963 | Robert Merrill, Alfredo Kraus, Anna Moffo, Ezio Flagello, Rosalind Elias |
Georg Solti, RCA Italiana Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88875073425 |
1963 | Nicolae Herlea, Ion Buzea, Magda Ianculescu, Nicolae Rafael, Dorothea Palade |
Jean Bobescu, Romanian Opera Bucharest orchestra & chorus |
CD: VOXBOX Cat: CDX5162 |
1964 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto |
Rafael Kubelík, Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
CD: Deustche Grammophon Cat: 477 5608 |
1967 | Cornell MacNeil, Nicolai Gedda, Reri Grist, Agostino Ferrin, Anna di Stasio |
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Rome Opera House orchestra & chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 3932822 |
1971 | Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Martti Talvela, Huguette Tourangeau |
Richard Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 414-269-2 |
1977 | Rolando Panerai, Franco Bonisolli, Margherita Rinaldi, Bengt Rundgren, Viorica Cortez |
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Staatskapelle Dresden State Opera Dresden Chorus |
CD: Arts Music Cat: 43073; DVD: Encore Cat: 2022 |
1977 | Cornell MacNeil, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubaș, Justino Díaz, Isola Jones |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (production by John Dexter) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0930 |
1978 | Sherrill Milnes, Alfredo Kraus, Beverly Sills, Samuel Ramey, Mignon Dunn |
Julius Rudel, Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS 5 66037-2 |
1979 | Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubaș, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elena Obraztsova |
Carlo Maria Giulini, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 753-2 |
1982 | Ingvar Wixell, Luciano Pavarotti, Ileana Cotrubaș, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Victoria Vergara |
Riccardo Chailly, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus (film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4166 DVD: Decca Cat: 071401 |
1984 | Renato Bruson, Neil Shicoff, Edita Gruberova, Robert Lloyd, Brigitte Fassbaender |
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra & chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 470 437-2 |
1985 | Bernd Weikl, Giacomo Aragall, Lucia Popp, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Klara Takacs |
Lamberto Gardelli, Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra & chorus |
CD: Eurodisc Cat: |
1988 | Giorgio Zancanaro, Vincenzo La Scola, Daniela Dessì, Paata Burchuladze, Martha Senn |
Riccardo Muti, Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7 49605-2 |
1989 | Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, June Anderson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett |
Riccardo Chailly, Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra & chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 425 864-2 |
1993 | Vladimir Chernov, Luciano Pavarotti, Cheryl Studer, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Denyce Graves |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 447 064-2 |
1994 | Renato Bruson, Roberto Alagna, Andrea Rost, Silvestro Sammaritano, Mariana Pentcheva |
Riccardo Muti, Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
CD: Sony Classical Cat: |
1999 | John Rawnsley, Arthur Davies, Helen Field, John Tomlinson, Jean Rigby |
Mark Elder, English National Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN 3030[6] |
2001 | Leo Nucci, Aquiles Machado, Inva Mula, Mario Luperi, Milena Josipovic |
Marcello Viotti, Arena di Verona orchestra & chorus (Stage director:Charles Roubaud) |
DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 107096[7] |
2002 | Paolo Gavanelli, Marcelo Álvarez, Christine Schäfer, Eric Halfvarson, Graciela Araya |
Edward Downes, Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus (Stage director: David McVicar) |
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA0829D |
2004 | Carlos Álvarez, Marcelo Álvarez, Inva Mula, Julian Konstantinov, Nino Surguladze |
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Liceu orchestra & chorus (Stage director:Graham Vick) |
DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 107147[8] |
2006 | Leo Nucci, Piotr Beczała, Elena Moșuc, László Polgár, Katharina Peetz |
Nello Santi, Zurich Opera orchestra & chorus (Stage director:Gilberto Deflo) |
DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 108057[9] |
2008 | Leo Nucci, Francesco Demuro, Nino Machaidze, Marco Spotti, Stefanie Irányi |
Massimo Zanetti, Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra & chorus (Stage director:Stefano Vizioli) |
DVD: C Major Cat: 723208 |
References
Notes
- ^ Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ "Rigoletto Lorenzo Molajoli". operadis opera discography site. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Rigoletto Carlo Sabajno". operadis opera discography site. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Rigoletto". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Rigoletto Jonel Perlea". discogs.com site. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Verdi: Rigoletto Vocal & Song Opera in English Opera In English". Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Rigoletto Verona". Naxos,com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Rigoletto Liceu". Naxos.com.
- ^ "Rigoletto Zurich". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
Sources
- Gruber, Paul (ed.) (2003). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03444-5.
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External links
Media related to Rigoletto at Wikimedia Commons