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]
1915-18Antonio Armentano Anticorona,
Fernando de Lucia,
Angela de Angelis,
Luis Muñoz,
Vida Ferluga 		Salvatore Sassano
Orchestra and Chorus of San Carlo, Naples		Audio LP: Phonotype
1916 Cesare Formichi,
Giuseppe Taccani,
Ines Maria Ferraris,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
? Caiani		 Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan		Audio LP: Columbia Records
1917 Giuseppe Danise /
and: Ernesto Badini,
Carlo Broccardi,
Ayres Borghi-Zerni /
and: Olga Simzis,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
Nelda Garrone /
and: Renata Pezzati 		Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan		Audio LP: His Master's Voice
1927-28 Luigi Piazza,
Tino Folgar,
Lina Pagliughi,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Linda Brambilla		 Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan		CD: Radiex
Cat: RXC1113-14
1927/30 Riccardo Stracciari,
Dino Borgioli,
Mercedes Capsir,
Ernesto Dominici,
Anna Masetti-Bassi 		Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan		Audio LP: Columbia Records
1935 Lawrence Tibbett,
Frederick Jagel
and Jan Kiepura,
Lily Pons,
Virgilio Lazzari,
Helen Olheim		 Ettore Panizza
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
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		CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88883729002
1954 Giuseppe Taddei,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Lina Pagliughi,
Giulio Neri,
Irma Colasanti		Angelo Questa
Sinfonica della Rai Torino Orchestra and Chorus
 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		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 747469
1956 Robert Merrill,
Jussi Björling,
Roberta Peters,
Giorgio Tozzi		 Jonel Perlea,
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus		 CD: RCA Victor
Cat:60172
1960 Ettore Bastianini,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto 		Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus		 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		 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		 CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 70785
1963 Nicolae Herlea,
Ion Buzea,
Magda Ianculescu,
Nicolae Rafael,
Dorothea Palade 		Jean Bobescu.
Romanian Opera Bucharest Orchestra and Chorus		 CD; VOXBOX
Cat: CDX5162
1964 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto		 Rafael Kubelík,
La Scala Orchestra and 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 and Chorus		 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		 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		 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 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		 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 and 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 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		 CD: Decca
Cat: 470 437-2
1985 Bernd Weikl,
Giacomo Aragall,
Lucia Popp,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering,
Klara Takacs		 Lamberto Gardelli,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 CD: Eurodisc
1988 Giorgio Zancanaro,
Vincenzo La Scola,
Daniela Dessì,
Paata Burchuladze,
Martha Senn		 Riccardo Muti,
La Scala Orchestra and 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 and Chorus		 CD: Decca
Cat: 425 864-2
1993 Vladimir Chernov,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Cheryl Studer,
Roberto Scandiuzzi,
Denyce Graves		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 447 064-2
2001Leo Nucci,
Aquiles Machado,
Inva Mula,
Mario Luperi,
Milena Josipovic		 Marcello Viotti,
Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus
(Stage director:Charles Roubaud)		 DVD:Arthaus Musik
Cat:107096[2]
2002 Paolo Gavanelli,
Marcelo Álvarez,
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
2004Carlos Álvarez,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Inva Mula,
Julian Konstantinov,
Nino Surguladze		 Jesus Lopez-Cobos,
Liceu Opera chorus and orchestra
(Stage director:Graham Vick)		 DVD:Arthaus Musik
Cat:107147[3]
2006Leo Nucci,
Piotr Beczała,
Elena Moșuc,
László Polgár,
Katharina Peetz		 Nello Santi,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera
(Stage director:Gilberto Deflo)		 DVD:Arthaus Musik
Cat:108057[4]
2008Leo Nucci,
Francesco Demuro,
Nino Machaidze,
Marco Spotti,
Stefanie Irányi		 Massimo Zanetti,
Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorus
(Stage director:Stefano Vizioli)		 DVD:C Major
Cat:723208[5]
2010Alan Opie,
Paul O’Neill,
Emma Matthews,
David Parkin,
Elizabeth Campbell		 Giovanni Reggioli,
Opera Australia Orchestra and Chorus
(Stage director:Elijah Moshinsky)		 DVD:EPC Distribution
Cat:OPOZ56010BD[6]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ↑ "Rigoletto Verona". Naxos,com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rigoletto Liceu". Naxos.com.
  4. ↑ "Rigoletto Zurich". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rigoletto Parma". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Rigoletto Opera Australia". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

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