Description
Verdi – Rigoletto / Qualiton 3x LP, Box Set
LPX 1231-33
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
The work, Verdi's sixteenth in the genre, is widely considered to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career. Its tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by the Count Monterone, whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.
| Label: | Qualiton – LPX 1231-33 |
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| Format: |
3 x Vinyl, LP, Box Set
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| Country: | Hungary |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| Rigoletto - Opera In Three Acts |
| A | Act 1: Prelude - The Duke's Aria - Ball Scene Duett Rigoletto - Sparafucile | ||
| B | Act 1 Rigoletto's Aria - Scene And Duett Gilda - Rigoletto - Scene And Duet Gilda - Duke | ||
| C1 | Act 1 Gilda's Scene And Aria Finale | ||
| C2 | Act 2. Duke's Scene And Aria | ||
| D1 | Act 2. Rigoletto's Scene And Aria | ||
| D2 | Scene And Duet Rigoletto - Gilda | ||
| E | Act 3. Duke's Canzona - Quartet Duke - Maddalena - Rigoletto - Gilda - Scene And Trio Maddalena - Sparafucile - Gilda | ||
| F1 | Act 2. Scene And Trio, Maddalena - Sparafucile - Gilda | ||
| F2 | Final Duett Rigoletto - Gilda |
- Alto Vocals – Barlay Zsuzsa
- Baritone Vocals – Palócz László, Melis György
- Bass Vocals – Bódy József
- Chorus – Magyar Állami Operaház Énekkara
- Chorus Master – Pless László
- Conductor – Lamberto Gardelli
- Design – Morvay
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Elek Éva
- Orchestra – Magyar Állami Operaház Zenekara
- Soprano Vocals – László Margit
- Tenor Vocals – Ilosfalvy Róbert, Kishegyi Árpád
BOX #66
