Rigoletto

by Giuseppe Verdi

Rigoletto cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor Red Seal
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 1:57:31
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembling a stellar cast under the direction of Renato Cellini, this high-fidelity recording captures the tragic melodrama and soaring arias of Verdi's masterpiece. The vocal performances navigate the emotionally demanding score with intense psychological depth and thrilling acrobatic precision. It is widely respected as a definitive, deeply moving presentation of 19th-century Italian operatic literature.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack

Tracklist

  1. Rigoletto, Act I: Preludio (Orchestra) (2:23)
  2. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 1: Della mia bella incognita borghese (Duca/Borsa) (1:43)
  3. Verdi: Rigoletto, Act I: "Questa o quella" (2:03)
  4. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 1: Partite? Crudele! (Duca/Contessa Ceprano) (1:35)
  5. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 1: In testa che avete (Rigoletto/Borsa/Coro) (0:52)
  6. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 1: Gran nuova! gran nuova! (Marullo/Borsa/Coro/Duca/Ceprano/Rigoletto) (2:28)
  7. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 1: Ch'io gli parli (Monterone/Duca/Borsa/Rigoletto/Marullo/Ceprano/Coro) (3:14)
  8. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 1: O tu che la feste audace (Duca/Borsa/Rigoletto/Marullo/Ceprano/Coro) (1:16)
  9. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Quel vecchio maledivami (Rigoletto/Sparafucile) (4:29)
  10. Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 1 Scene 8: No. 4a, Scena, "Pari siamo! - io la lingua, egli ha il pugnale" (Rigoletto) (3:46)
  11. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Figlia! - Mio padre! (Rigoletto/Gilda) (6:40)
  12. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Ah! veglia, o donna (Rigoletto/Gilda) (5:11)
  13. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (Gilda/Giovanna/Duca) (3:11)
  14. Rigoletto , Act 1, Scene 2: E il sol dell'anima (Duca/Gilda/Ceprano/Borsa/Giovanna) (3:32)
  15. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Addio, speranza ed anima (Duca/Gilda) (0:50)
  16. Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 1 Scene 13: No. 6, Scene ed Aria, "Gualtier Maldè! … Caro nome che il mio cor" (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo, Chorus) (7:35)
  17. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Riedo!...perche? ...Silenzio! (Rigoletto/Borsa/Ceprano/Marullo) (2:09)
  18. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Zitti, zitti, moviamo a vendetta (Borsa/Marullo/Ceprano/Coro) (1:27)
  19. Rigoletto, Act I, Scene 2: Soccorso, padre mio! (Gilda/Borsa/Marullo/Ceprano/Coro/Rigoletto) (1:22)
  20. Rigoletto, Act II: Ella mi fu rapita! (Duca) (2:42)
  21. Rigoletto, Act II: Parmi veder le lagrime (Duca) (2:43)
  22. Rigoletto, Act II: Duca, Duca! .... Ebben? (Borsa/Marullo/Ceprano/Coro/Duca) (2:26)
  23. Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 9a, Scena, "Povero Rigoletto! … Ei vien!" (Marullo, Rigoletto, Ceprano, Borsa, Un paggio, Chorus) (4:00)
  24. Rigoletto, Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto) (4:33)
  25. Rigoletto, Act II: Mio padre!...Dio! mia Gilda! (Gilda/Rigoletto) (1:50)
  26. Rigoletto, Act II: Tutte le feste al tempio (Rigoletto/Gilda) (7:08)
  27. Rigoletto, Act II: Compiuto pur quanto (Rigoletto/Gilda/Usciere/Monterone) (1:09)
  28. Rigoletto, Act II: Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendetta (Rigoletto/Gilda) (2:22)
  29. Rigoletto, Act III: E l'ami? (Rigoletto/Gilda/Duca/Sparafucile) (2:02)
  30. Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III: "La donna è mobile" (2:38)
  31. Rigoletto, Act III: Un dì, se ben rammentomi (Duca/Gilda/Maddalena/Rigoletto) (1:35)
  32. Rigoletto, Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duca/Maddalena/Gilda/Rigoletto) (4:49)
  33. Rigoletto, Act III: Venti scudi hai tu detto? (Rigoletto/Sparafucile/Duca/Maddalena/Coro) (4:02)
  34. Rigoletto, Act III: E amabile invero (Maddalena/Sparafucile/Gilda/Coro) (6:00)
  35. Rigoletto, Act III: Della vendetta alfin giunge l'istante (Rigoletto/Sparafucile/Duca) (4:52)
  36. Rigoletto, Act III: Chi mai, chi è qui in sua vece? (Rigoletto/Gilda) (6:37)

Credits

  • Giuseppe Verdi - primary artist, composed by
  • Jan Peerce - primary artist, tenor vocals [duke of mantua]
  • Leonard Warren - primary artist, baritone vocals [rigoletto]
  • Italo Tajo - primary artist, bass vocals [sparafucile]
  • Erna Berger - primary artist, soprano vocals [gilda]
  • Nan Merriman - primary artist, mezzo-soprano vocals [maddalena]
  • Robert Shaw - primary artist, chorus master [conductor]
  • The Robert Shaw Chorale - primary artist, chorus
  • RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - primary artist, orchestra
  • Renato Cellini - primary artist, conductor
  • Arthur Newman - baritone vocals [marullo; a herald]
  • Paul Ukena - bass vocals [count ceprano]
  • Richard Wentworth - bass vocals [count monterone]
  • A. A. Pulley - engineer [chief recording engineer]
  • Lewis Layton - engineer [recording engineer]
  • Dan Noonan - illustration
  • Francesco Maria Piave - libretto by
  • Alice Berezowsky - liner notes
  • Mary Kreste - mezzo-soprano vocals [giovanna]
  • Richard Mohr - music director [recording director]
  • Joyce White - soprano vocals [countess ceprano; a page]
  • Nathaniel Sprinzena - tenor vocals [borsa]

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