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Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi.

Met Opera on Demand Available online

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer, composer.
Contributor:
Sayão, Bidú, performer, performer.
Lipton, Martha, performer, performer.
Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, performer, performer.
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960, performer, performer.
Cordon, Norman, performer, performer.
Sodero, Cesare, 1886-1947, conductor, conductor.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.
Language:
Italian
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
Live sound recordings.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 56 min., 40 sec.))
Other Title:
Met Opera on Demand.
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1945]
Language Note:
Sung in Italian.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
digital
audio file streaming audio file
Summary:
Every once in a while the operatic stars align to create that rare performance that makes a familiar work sound brand new. The great Verdi baritone Leonard Warren delivers one of his most sublime portrayals as the hunchbacked jester Rigoletto who, thanks to his own twisted machinations, looses the only thing he cares about. Bidú Sayão is his beloved daughter Gilda, who captures the attention of the lascivious Duke, sung by the elegant and sweet-voiced Jussi Bjoerling. This is Verdi singing at its best.
Contents:
Preludio
Della mia bella incognita borghese
Questa o quella per me pari sono
Partite? Crudele!
Gran nuova! Gran nuova!
Ch'io gli parli
oh tu che la festa audace hai turbato
Quel vecchio maledivami!
Pari siamo!
Figlia! Mio padre!
Ah! veglia, o donna
Giovanna, ho dei rimosi
È'il sol dell'anima
Che m'ami, deh! Ripetimi
Addio, addio
Gualtier Maldè! Caro nome che il mio cor
Riedo! Perchè?
Zitti, zitti moviamo a vendetta
Ella mi fu rapita! Parmi veder le lagrime
Duca, duca! Scorrendo uniti remota via
Povero Rigoletto!
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
Mio padre! Dio! Mia Gilda!
Parla siam soli ; Tutte le feste al tempio
Compiuto pur quanto
Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta
E l'ami?
Sempre
La donna è mobile
Un dì, se ben rammentomi
Bella figlia dell'amore
M'odi! Venti scudi, hai tu detto?
Ah piu non ragiono
Amor mi trascina!
Della vendetta alfin giunge l'instante!
Chi e mai, chi e qui in sua vece? V'ho ingannato.
Participant:
Bidú Sayão ; Martha Lipton ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Norman Cordon ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Cesare Sodero, conductor.
Notes:
Recorded live in 1945 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Duration: 1 hr., 56 min., 40 sec.
Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
OCLC:
859397015
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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