''Rigoletto'' discography

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]
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

  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. ↑ "Verdi: Rigoletto Vocal & Song Opera in English Opera In English". Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rigoletto Verona". Naxos,com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Rigoletto Liceu". Naxos.com.
  9. ↑ "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.
  • Media related to Rigoletto at Wikimedia Commons
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