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Composer(s): Verdi, Giuseppe
Lyricist(s): Piave, Francesco Maria
Conductor(s): Sodero, Cesare
Orchestra(s): Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Choir(s): Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Artist(s): Altman, Thelma; Baker, John; Björling, Jussi; Cehanovsky, George; Cordon, Norman; Hargrave, William; Lipton, Martha; Manning, Richard; Sayão, Bidù; Stellman, Maxine; Warren, Leonard
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Sayão, Bidù (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sodero, Cesare (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 01:55:49