Verdi - Rigoletto
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedRobert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile)
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
[On the original release in 1956] under Perlea, the orchestral playing is firm and dramatic, well balanced with the voice. The music is well paced. Björling’s tone is a constant pleasure. He... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedŽeljko Lučić (Rigoletto), Diana Damrau (Gilda), Juan Diego Florez (Il Duca di Mantova), Georg Zeppenfeld (Sparafucile), Christa Mayer (Maddalena)
Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi
The singers are a distinguished bunch, with Željko Lučić the most sympathetic and pathetic Rigoletto I have seen or heard...[Damrau] sings gorgeously, and her acting is first-rate. Juan Diego... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Maria Callas (Gilda), Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto), Giuseppe di Stefano (Il Duca), Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile), Adriana Lazzarini (Maddalena), Plinio Clabassi (Monterone), William Dickie (Marullo), Renato Ercolani (Borsa), Giuse Gerbino (Giovanna), Carlo Forti (Il Conte di Ceprano), Elvira Galassi (La...
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedDmitri Hvorostovsky (Rigoletto), Nadine Sierra (Gilda), Francesco Demuro (Il Duca), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Oksana Volkova (Maddalena)
Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Men of the Kaunas State Choir, Constantine Orbelian
This recording, made in July 2016, shows [Hvorostovsky] at the height of his powers in the title role, revealing the full range of Rigoletto’s qualities…with all the intensity Verdi required…The... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedLuciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Vladimir Chernov (Rigoletto), Cheryl Studer (Gilda), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Sparafucile), Denyce Graves (Maddalena), Jane Shaulis (Giovanna), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Monterone), Dwayne Croft (Marullo), Paul Groves (Borsa), Yanni Yannissis (Il Conte di Ceprano), Heidi Grant...
Levine conducts a thrustful, exceptionally high-powered reading of Rigoletto, vividly dramatic. The sound is full and immediate...Chernov is a firm, clear, virile Rigoletto...Studer is a tenderly... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
Hilde Gueden (Gilda), Mario del Monaco (Duke of Mantua), Aldo Protti (Rigoletto), Cesare Siepi (Sparafucile), Piero de Palma (Borsa), Maria Castelli (Countess of Ceprano), Pier Luigi Latinucci (Marullo), Dario Caselli (Count of Ceprano), Fernando Corena (Count of Monterone), Luisa Ribacchi (Giovanna),...
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Di Stefano
La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
That one recording should continue to hold sway over many other attractive comers after 45 years is simply a tribute to Callas, Gobbi, Serafin and Walter Legge. Whatever the merits of its successors,... — More…
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Placido Domingo: Verdi
RecommendedPlacido Domingo (baritone), Angel Joy Blue (Amelia), Gianluca Buratto (Fiesco), Fernando Piqueras (Paolo), Bonifaci Carrillo (Pietro), Aquiles Machado (Gabriele), Gianluca Buratto (Ferrando), Aquiles Machado (Carlo), Gianluca Buratto (Chirurgo)
Orquestra de la Comunítat Valencíana, Pablo Heras-Casado
Verdi himself would surely have applauded the expressivity of such singing where character is all...no one should pretend this voice is what it was: it is showing its age...Yet I can't imagine... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th August 2013
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Duke of Mantua), Desirée Rancatore (Gilda), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Maddalena), Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Riccardo Frizza, Monique Wagemakers
There’s some formidable singing, though Rancatore is not at her best here...Camarena and Álvarez, however, are both magnificent. — More…
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Gianna d’Angelo (Gilda), Alfredo Kraus (Il Duca), Aldo Protti (Rigoletto), Giorgio Tadeo (Sparafucile), Bruna Roncini (Maddalena), Liliana Hussu (Giovanna), Vito Susca (Monterone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
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