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.

List of recordings

Year Cast
(Rigoletto,
Duke of Mantua,
Gilda,
Sparafucile,
Maddalena)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1916 Giuseppe Danise,
Carlo Broccardi,
Ayres Borghi-Zerni,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
Olga Simzis		 Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan		 Audio LP: His Master's Voice
1935 Lawrence Tibbett,
Frederick Jagel
and Jan Kiepura,
Lily Pons,
Virgilio Lazzari,
Helen Olheim		 Ettore Panizza
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
 Audio CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110020-1
1950 Leonard Warren,
Jan Peerce,
Erna Berger,
Italo Tajo,
Nan Merriman		 Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra and The Robert Shaw Chorale		 Audio CD: Membran/Quadromania
Cat: 222182-444
(Also contains recording of Il trovatore)
1954 Giuseppe Taddei,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Lina Pagliughi,
Giulio Neri,
Irma Colasanti		 Angelo Questa
Sinfonica della Rai Torino Orchestra and Chorus
 Audio CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 8573 82647-2
1955 Tito Gobbi,
Giuseppe di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Nicola Zaccaria,
Adriana Lazzarini		 Tullio Serafin,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 747469
1956 Robert Merrill,
Jussi Björling,
Roberta Peters,
Giorgio Tozzi		 Jonel Perlea,
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.111276-27
1960 Ettore Bastianini,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto		 Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: BMG Classics-Ricordi 74321 68779 2
1961 Cornell MacNeil,
Renato Cioni,
Joan Sutherland,
Cesare Siepi,
Stefania Malagu		 Nino Sanzogno,
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 443 853-2
1963 Robert Merrill,
Alfredo Kraus,
Anna Moffo,
Ezio Flagello,
Rosalind Elias		 Georg Solti,
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 70785
1964 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto		 Rafael Kubelik,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio 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 and Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3932822
1971 Sherrill Milnes,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Joan Sutherland,
Martti Talvela,
Huguette Tourangeau		 Richard Bonynge,
London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 414-269-2
1977 Rolando Panerai,
Franco Bonisolli,
Margherita Rinaldi,
Bengt Rundgren,
Viorica Cortez		 Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Staatskapelle Dresden and State Opera Dresden Chorus		 Audio CD: Arts Music
Cat: 43073;
DVD: Encore
Cat: 2022
1977 Cornell MacNeil,
Plácido Domingo,
Ileana Cotrubas,
Justino Díaz,
Isola Jones		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and 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 and the Ambrosian Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CMS 5 66037-2
1979 Piero Cappuccilli,
Placido Domingo,
Ileana Cotrubas,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Elena Obraztsova		 Carlo Maria Giulini,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and

Vienna State Opera Chorus

 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 753-2
1982 Ingvar Wixell,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Edita Gruberova,
Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Victoria Vergara		 Riccardo Chailly,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and 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,
Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 470 437-2
1985 Bernd Weikl,
Giacomo Aragall,
Lucia Popp,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering,
Klara ThIchcs		 Lamberto Gardelli,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Eurodisc
1988 Giorgio Zancanaro,
Vincenzo La Scola,
Daniela Dessi,
Paata Burchuladze,
Martha Senn		 Riccardo Muti,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7 49605-2
1989 Leo Nucci,
Luciano Pavarotti,
June Anderson,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Shirley Verrett		 Riccardo Chailly,
Teatro Communale Bologna Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 425 864-2
1993 Vladimir Chernov,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Cheryl Studer,
Roberto Scandiuzzi,
Denyce Graves		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 447 064-2
2002 Paolo Gavanelli,
Marcelo Alvarez,
Christine Schäfer,
Eric Halfvarson,
Graciela Araya		 Edward Downes,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
(Stage director: David McVicar)		 DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA0829D

References

Notes
  1. ^ Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
Sources