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Rigoletto discography

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This is a list of recordings of Rigoletto, an 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.

Recordings

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Year Cast
(Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua,
Gilda, Sparafucile, Maddalena) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label[1]
1915–18 Antonio Armentano Anticorona,
Fernando De Lucia,
Angela de Angelis,
Luis Muñoz,
Vida Ferluga 		Salvatore Sassano
San Carlo orchestra and chorus, Naples 		LP: Phonotype
1916 Cesare Formichi,
Giuseppe Taccani,
Ines Maria Ferraris,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
G Caiani 		Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia Records
Cat: D 17732-17747[2]
1917 Giuseppe Danise,
Carlo Broccardi,
Ayres Borghi-Zerni,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
Nelda Garrone 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Bongiovanni
Cat: GB 1024[3]
1927–28 Luigi Piazza,
Tino Folgar,
Lina Pagliughi,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Vera de Christoff 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		CD: Radiex
Cat: RXC1113-14
1927 Riccardo Stracciari,
Dino Borgioli,
Mercedes Capsir,
Ernesto Dominici,
Anna Masetti-Bassi 		Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia Records
Cat: GQX 10028-10042
CD: Aura Music
Cat: LRC 11099-2
1935 Lawrence Tibbett,
Frederick Jagel (act 1) /
Jan Kiepura (act 2),
Lily Pons,
Virgilio Lazzari,
Helen Olheim 		Ettore Panizza
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus 		CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110020-1[4]
1944 Heinrich Schlusnus,
Helge Rosvaenge,
Erna Berger,
Josef Greindl,
Margarete Klose 		Robert Heger,
Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus
(performed in German translation) 		LP: Heliodor
Cat: 2700 702
CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: 0033002 BC
1945 Jussi Björling,
Leonard Warren
Bidu Sayão,
Norman Cordon,
Martha Lipton 		Cesare Sodero
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and 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 		LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: AVM2-0698
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 88883729002
1950 Josef Metternich,
Rudolf Schock,
Rita Streich,
Wilhelm Lang,
Margarete Klose 		Ferenc Fricsay,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
RIAS Kammerchor 		CD: Myto Records
Cat: 945111
1952 Piero Campolonghi,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Alberto Herrera,
Gilberto Cerda 		Umberto Mugnai,
Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus 		LP: Melodram
Cat: MEL 405
CD: Mondo Musica
Cat: MMO 91112
1954 Giuseppe Taddei,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Lina Pagliughi,
Giulio Neri,
Irma Colasanti 		Angelo Questa
RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorus 		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 and chorus 		CD: Decca
Cat: 440242
1955 Tito Gobbi,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Nicola Zaccaria,
Adriana Lazzarini 		Tullio Serafin,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 747469
1956 Robert Merrill,
Jussi Björling,
Roberta Peters,
Giorgio Tozzi,
Anna Maria Rota 		Jonel Perlea,
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VIC-6041
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60172-2-RG[5]
1960 Ettore Bastianini,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto 		Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and 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 and 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 Orchestra and chorus 		LP: RCA Red Seal
Cat: LSC-7027
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 88875073425
1963 Nicolae Herlea,
Ion Buzea,
Magda Ianculescu,
Nicolae Rafael,
Dorothea Palade 		Jean Bobescu,
Romanian Opera Bucharest orchestra and chorus 		CD: VOXBOX
Cat: CDX5162
1964 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto 		Rafael Kubelík,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 5608
1967 Cornell MacNeil,
Nicolai Gedda,
Reri Grist,
Agostino Ferrin,
Anna di Stasio 		Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and 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 and chorus
(Production: John Dexter) 		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 0930;
Met Opera on Demand[6]
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
Vienna State Opera Chorus 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 753-2
1981 Louis Quilico,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Christiane Eda-Pierre,
Ara Berberian,
Isola Jones 		James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera
(Production: John Dexter)
(Performance of 15 December) 		Streaming SD video
Met Opera on Demand[7]
1982 Ingvar Wixell,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Edita Gruberová,
Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Victoria Vergara 		Riccardo Chailly,
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Chorus
(film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) 		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 4166 7[8]
DVD: Decca
Cat: 071401
1983 Thomas Allen,
José Carreras
Luciana Serra,
Evgeny Nesterenko,
Agnes Baltsa 		Herbert von Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic
Teatro La Fenice Chorus 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 435 075-2
1984 Renato Bruson,
Neil Shicoff,
Edita Gruberová,
Robert Lloyd,
Brigitte Fassbaender 		Giuseppe Sinopoli,
Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and 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 and chorus 		CD: Eurodisc
Cat: 610 115
BMG-RCA
Cat: 74321 25286-2
1988 Giorgio Zancanaro,
Vincenzo La Scola,
Daniela Dessì,
Paata Burchuladze,
Martha Senn 		Riccardo Muti,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and 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 and chorus 		CD: Decca
Cat: 425 864-2
1993 Vladimir Chernov,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Cheryl Studer,
Roberto Scandiuzzi,
Denyce Graves 		James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and 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 and chorus 		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: S2K 66314
1999 John Rawnsley,
Arthur Davies,
Helen Field,
John Tomlinson,
Jean Rigby 		Mark Elder,
English National Opera orchestra and chorus 		CD: Chandos
Cat: CHAN 3030[9]
2001 Leo Nucci,
Aquiles Machado,
Inva Mula,
Mario Luperi,
Milena Josipovic 		Marcello Viotti,
Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus
(Stage director:Charles Roubaud) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 107096[10]
2002 Paolo Gavanelli,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Christine Schäfer,
Eric Halfvarson,
Graciela Araya 		Edward Downes,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: David McVicar) 		DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA0829D
2004 Carlos Álvarez,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Inva Mula,
Julian Konstantinov,
Nino Surguladze 		Jesús López Cobos,
Liceu orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Graham Vick) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 107147[11]
2006 Leo Nucci,
Piotr Beczała,
Elena Moșuc,
László Polgár,
Katharina Peetz 		Nello Santi,
Zurich Opera orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Gilberto Deflo) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 108057[12]
2008 Leo Nucci,
Francesco Demuro,
Nino Machaidze,
Marco Spotti,
Stefanie Irányi 		Massimo Zanetti,
Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Stefano Vizioli) 		DVD: C Major
Cat: 723208
2013 Željko Lučić,
Piotr Beczała,
Diana Damrau,
Stefan Kocán,
Oksana Volkova 		Michele Mariotti,
Metropolitan Opera
(Production: Michael Mayer)
(Performance of 16 February) 		Streaming HD video
Met Opera on Demand[13]
2015 George Petean,
Saimir Pirgu,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
Andrea Mastroni,
Judith Schmid 		Fabio Luisi,
Orchestra and chorus of the Oper Zürich,
Tatjana Gürbaca, stage director 		DVD: Accentus MusicCat:PHR0203[14]
2017 Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Francesco Demuro,
Nadine Sierra,
Andrea Mastroni,
Oksana Volkova 		Constantine Orbelian,
Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir 		DVD:Delos
Cat:DE3522
2019 Vladimir Stoyanov,
Stephen Costello,
Mélissa Petit,
Miklós Sebestyén,
Katrin Wundsam 		Enrique Mazzola,
Wiener Symphoniker,
(Stage director: Philipp Stölzl) 		DVD:C Major
Cat: 751704
2022 Quinn Kelsey,
Piotr Beczała,
Rosa Feola,
Andrea Mastroni,
Varduhi Abrahamyan 		Daniele Rustioni,
Metropolitan Opera
(Production: Bartlett Sher)
(Performance of 29 January) 		Streaming HD video
Met Opera on Demand[15]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ "Rigoletto Lorenzo Molajoli". operadis opera discography site. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Rigoletto Carlo Sabajno". operadis opera discography site. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Rigoletto". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Rigoletto Jonel Perlea". discogs.com site. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Rigoletto" (7 November 1977), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:251290", Met Opera Archive.
  7. ^ "Rigoletto" (15 December 1981), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:266930", Met Opera Archive.
  8. ^ Rigoletto, Deutsche Grammophon
  9. ^ "Verdi: Rigoletto Vocal & Song Opera in English Opera In English". Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Rigoletto Verona". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Rigoletto Liceu". Naxos.com.
  12. ^ "Rigoletto Zurich". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Rigoletto" (16 February 2013), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:354860", Met Opera Archive.
  14. ^ "Verdi: Rigoletto". Presto Classical. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Rigoletto" (29 January 2022), Met Opera on Demand; "CID: 357568", Met Opera Archive.

Sources

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  • Media related to Rigoletto at Wikimedia Commons
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