Composer(s): Verdi, Giuseppe
Conductor(s): Sodero, Cesare
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110051-52
Barcode: 0636943105122
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 02/2000

VERDI: Rigoletto (Bjorling, Sayao, Warren) (1945)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria - Lyricist
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Stellman, Maxine (mezzo-soprano)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Baker, John (bass)
Hargrave, William (baritone)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Altman, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
1 Act I: Prelude 02:18
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
2 Act I: Della mia bella incognita (Duke, Borsa) 01:48
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
3 Act I: Ballata: Questa o quella (Duke) 02:04
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
4 Act I: Partite?...Crudele! (Duke, Countess Ceprano, Rigoletto, Borsa) 02:21
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Stellman, Maxine (mezzo-soprano)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
5 Act I: Gran nuova! gran nuova! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto) 03:09
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Baker, John (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
6 Act I: Ch'io gli parli (Monterone, Duke, Borsa, Rigoletto, Marullo, Ceprano) 04:24
Hargrave, William (baritone)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
7 Act I: Quel vecchio maledivami! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile) 04:26
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
8 Act I: Pari siamo!...Figlia! - Mio padre!... (Rigoletto, Gilda) 05:49
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
9 Act I: Deh non parlare al misero (Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, Duke) 08:09
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Altman, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
10 Act I: Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi...E il sol dell' anima (Gilda, Giovanna, Duke) 08:52
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Altman, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
11 Act I: Gualtier Malde...Caro nome (Gilda, Borsa, Ceparno, Courtiers) 07:00
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
12 Act I: Riedo!...perche?...Zitti, zitti (Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Courtiers) 04:55
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Act II: Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime (Duke) 05:31
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
2 Act II: Duca, duca? (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers) 02:03
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
3 Act II: Povero Rigoletto! (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Page) 03:28
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
4 Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto) 04:43
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
5 Act II: Mio padre? (Gilda, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marulllo, Ceprano) 02:00
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Cehanovsky, George (baritone)
Manning, Richard (tenor)
Baker, John (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
6 Act II: Tutte le feste al tempio (Gilda, Rigoletto) 07:45
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
7 Act II: Compiuto pur quanto...Si, vendetta (Rigoletto, Gilda, Herald, Monterone) 03:42
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Hargrave, William (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
8 Act III: E l'ami? - Sempre (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile) 02:01
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
9 Act III: La donna e mobile...E la il vostruomo... (Duke, Sparafucile) 02:59
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
10 Act III: Un di, se ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell' amore (Duke, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto) 06:03
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
11 Act III: M'odi! ritorna a casa... (Rigoletto, Gilda, Sparafucile, Borsa, Duke, Maddalena) 04:57
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
12 Act III: Somiglia un Apollo (Maddalenda, Gilda, Sparafucile) 05:03
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
13 Act III: Dalla vendetta alfin giunge l'istante! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke) 04:30
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Cordon, Norman (bass)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
14 Act III: Chi e mai, chi e qui in sua vece? (Rigoletto, Gilda) 05:49
Warren, Leonard (baritone)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:55:49