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Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto (Highlights) / Renato Bruson, Andrea Rost, Roberto Alagna, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Muti / Sony Classical Audio CD 1995 / SK 61 966
UPC 5099706196624
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
The work, Verdi's sixteenth in the genre, is widely considered to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career. Its tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.
| Label: | Sony Classical – SK 61 966 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Preludio | 2:18 | |
| 2 | "Questa O Quella Per Me Pari Sono" | 1:43 | |
| 3 | "Pari Siamo!" | 3:50 | |
| 4 | "Figila!" - "Mio Padre" | 1:52 | |
| 5 | "Ah, Deh, Non Parlare Al Misero" | 4:47 | |
| 6 | "Ah! Vegila, O Donna, Questo Fiore" | 5:35 | |
| 7 | "È Il Sol Dell'amina, La Vite È Amore" | 3:30 | |
| 8 | "Che M'ami, Deh, Ripetimi" | 1:58 | |
| 9 | "Gualtier Maldè ... Caro Nome Che Il Mio Cor" | 7:12 | |
| 10 | "Zitti, Zitti, Moviamo A Vendetta" | 3:17 | |
| 11 | "Ella Mi Fu Rapita! ... Parmi Veder Le Lagrime" |
5:38 | |
| 12 | "Povero Rigoletto!" | 3:53 | |
| 13 | "Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata" | 4:26 | |
| 14 | "Tutte Le Feste Al Tempio" | 7:17 | |
| 15 | "Sì, Vendetta, Tremenda Vendetta" | 2:22 | |
| 16 | "La Donna È Mobile" | 2:45 | |
| 17 | Un Dì, Se Ben Rammentomi" | 1:31 | |
| 18 | "Bella Figlia Dell'amore" | 3:57 | |
| 19 | "Somiglia Un Apollo Quel Giovane" | 4:45 | |
| 20 | "V'ho Ingannato ..." | 5:13 |
- Baritone Vocals [Marullo] – Silvestro Sammaritano
- Baritone Vocals [Rigoletto] – Renato Bruson
- Bass Vocals [Il Conte Di Ceprano] – Antonio de Gobbi
- Bass Vocals [Sparafucile] – Dimitri Kavrakos
- Booklet Editor – Eva Reisinger
- Chorus – Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Conductor – Riccardo Muti
- Contralto Vocals [Maddalena] – Mariana Pentcheva
- Cover [Design] – C.C. Garbers
- Cover [Photo] – Lelli & Masotti
- Engineer [Assistant] – Michael Kempter
- Engineer [Editing] – Robert Wolff
- Engineer [Recording] – Christian Constantinov
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Giovanna] – Antonella Trevisan (2)
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Paggio Di Caprano] – Marilena Laurenzia
- Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Producer – David Mottley
- Soprano Vocals [Gilda] – Andrea Rost
- Supervised By [Technical] – Rolf Jensen
- Technician – Dirk Lachmann
- Tenor Vocals [Borsa] – Ernesto Gavazzi
- Tenor Vocals [Il Duca Di Mantova] – Roberto Alagna
- Translated By [English] – Stewart Spencer
- Translated By [French] – Marielle Ostendorf
- Translated By [Spanish] – Claudio M. Perselli
