Verdi: Rigoletto

Verdi: Rigoletto

1981
2h 5m
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"Yes, the King arrives, eventually!"

Overview

The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor. From sumptuous interiors, we move to a dark street, a lonely inn. The secondary figures are astutely counterpoised: the plotting courtiers against the plotting Sparafucile and Maddalena (also ambiguously tender-hearted). When Rigoletto says "Pari siamo", he could be expressing the motto of the whole work: the beautiful and the ugly can be equally good, equally evil.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Decca
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
Italian

Keywords

opera verdi

Quick Facts

Release Date December 15, 1981
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Louis Quilico
Louis Quilico

Rigoletto

Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti

Il Duca di Mantua

Christiane Eda-Pierre
Christiane Eda-Pierre

Gilda

Ara Berberian
Ara Berberian

Sparafucile

Isola Jones
Isola Jones

Maddalena

John Darrenkamp
John Darrenkamp

Marullo

Batyah Godfrey
Batyah Godfrey

Giovanna

Betsy Norden
Betsy Norden

Countess Ceprano

Norman Andersson
Norman Andersson

Count Ceprano

Charles Anthony
Charles Anthony

Borsa

Richard J. Clark
Richard J. Clark

Monterone

James Levine
James Levine

Self - Conductor

Key Crew

Michael Bronson
Producer
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Brian Large
Director
John Dexter
Director
Clemente D'Alessio
Producer
Michael Bronson
Executive Producer