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Verdi: Rigoletto - Highlights, Extraits, Querschnitt, Brani Scelti - Pavarotti, Nucci, Anderson, Ghiaurov, Verrett, Chailly, Orchestra E Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / London Records Audio CD 1993 / 436 097-2
UPC 028943609722
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: | London Records – 436 097-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1993 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Questa O Quella | 1:40 | |
| 2 | Pan Siamo! | 3:21 | |
| 3 | Figlia!...Mio Padre! | 6:35 | |
| 4 | Ah! Veglia, O Donna | 5:17 | |
| 5 | E'il Sol Dell'anima | 2:47 | |
| 6 | Gualtier Malde...Caro Nome | 6:37 | |
| 7 | Ella Mi Fu Rapita!...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime |
4:30 | |
| 8 | Duca, Duca! | 2:20 | |
| 9 | Possente Amor Mi Chiama | 2:59 | |
| 10 | Povero Rigoletto! | 3:32 | |
| 11 | Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata | 4:09 | |
| 12 | Parla...Siam Soli...Tutte Le Feste Al Tempio | 6:50 | |
| 13 | La Donna E Mobile | 2:45 | |
| 14 | Un Di, Se Bel Rammentomi | 1:30 | |
| 15 | Bella Figlia Dell'amore | 3:53 | |
| 16 | V'ho Ingannato, Colpevole Fui | 4:27 |
- Art Direction – Jeremy Tilston
- Baritone Vocals – Leo Nucci
- Bass Vocals – Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Chorus – Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
- Chorus Master – Piero Monti
- Co-producer – Chris Hazell, Morten Winding
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Editor – Nigel Gayler
- Engineer – Andrew Groves, James Lock (2), John Pellowe
- Liner Notes – George Hall (4)
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Shirley Verrett
- Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna
- Photography By – Christian Steiner (6), Fi McGhee, Paul Huf, Vivianne Purdom
- Producer – Christopher Raeburn
- Soprano Vocals – June Anderson
- Tenor Vocals – Luciano Pavarotti
