Verdi: Rigoletto / Solti, Moffo, Kraus, Merrill

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Label: Sony Masterworks
Release Date: October 4, 2005

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COMPOSER

VERDI, GIUSEPPE
PERFORMER

Various Artists

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

October 04, 2005
UPC

828767078526
CATALOG NUMBER

82876707852
LABEL

Sony Masterworks
NUMBER OF DISCS

1
GENRE

Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

Works ⌄

Act I Scene 1: Prelude

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 1: Della mia bella incognita borghese (Duke, Borsa)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus, Piero De Palma

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 1: Questa o quella (Duke, Countess Ceprano, Rigoletto, Borsa, Courtiers)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus, Corinna Vozza, Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 1: Partite? Crudele! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto, Ceprano)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Kerns, Piero De Palma, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, Mario Rinaudo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 1: Gran nuova! gran nuova! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto, Ceprano)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Kerns, Piero De Palma, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, Mario Rinaudo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 1: Ch'io gli parli (Monterone, Duke, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Ward, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Quel vecchio maledivami! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Ezio Flagello

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Pari siamo! (Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Figlia! … Mio padre! (Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Anna Di Stasio, Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Ah! veglia, o donna (Rigoletto, Gilda)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (Gilda, Giovanna, Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Anna Di Stasio, Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Che m'ami, deh, ripetimi (Duke, Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus, Anna Moffo, Mario Rinaudo, Piero De Palma, Anna Di Stasio

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Gualtier Malde … Caro nome (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo, Courtiers)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Piero De Palma, Mario Rinaudo, Robert Kerns

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Riedo! perche? (Rigoletto, Borsa, Countess Ceprano, Marullo)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Corinna Vozza

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act I Scene 2: Zitti, zitti (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers, Gilda, Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Ella mi fu rapita! … Parmi veder (Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Duca, Duca! (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers, Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo, Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Possente amor mi chiama (Duke, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Chorus)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus, Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Povero Rigoletto! (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Courtiers, Page)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Kerns, Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma, Tina Toscano

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Mio padre! (Gilda, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Robert Kerns, Piero De Palma, Mario Rinaudo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Tutte le feste (Gilda, Rigoletto, Usher, Monterone)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Enzo Titta, David Ward

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Schiudete… ire al carcere (Usciere, Monterone, Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Enzo Titta, David Ward, Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act II: Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta (Rigoletto, Gilda)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: E l'ami? (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Alfredo Kraus, Ezio Flagello

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: La donna e mobile (Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: E l'a il vostr'uomo (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile, Maddalena)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Alfredo Kraus, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Un di, se ben rammentomi (Duke, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus, Anna Moffo, Rosalind Elias, Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duke, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alfredo Kraus, Rosalind Elias, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Venti scudi (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Gilda)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Rosalind Elias, Anna Moffo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Ah, più non ragiono! (Gilda, Maddalena, Sparafucile)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Ancor c'e mezz'ora (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Ezio Flagello, Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Della vendetta (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Ezio Flagello, Alfredo Kraus

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Chi e mai? (Rigoletto, Gilda)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: V'ho ingannato, colpevole fui … (Gilda, Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti
Act III: Lassu in cielo (Gilda, Rigoletto)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill

Conductor: Georg Solti

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This is a DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording

This complete performance of Rigoletto from 1964 includes not only the Duke's second-act cabaletta, but more gloriously, the cadenza that Verdi composed (and not an abbreviation or ad libitum) for the Duke and Gilda before the "Addio" duet, a lovely moment that sounds like the joyous intertwining of a flute and an oboe. Georg Solti's leadership is very in-your-face, with the brass blaring and tempos generally fast, and while this attitude tends to underplay the opera's pathos, it does make for great excitement. Robert Merrill's Rigoletto is pretty much by-the-numbers with no deep insights, but it's well sung, with exactly the type of Italianate sound Verdi wanted. Alfredo Kraus was in peak form in 1964 and his Duke is by turns elegant, amorous, and biting. He caps "Possente amor" with a brain-splitting high-D. Anna Moffo has some bad habits--she scoops her way into notes in a manner that's supposed to be girlish, but is in fact irritating--but she sings with great warmth and attention to the text when Solti's tempos allow. And in the end, she's very touching. Despite Solti's somewhat brutal approach and Merrill's generic rendering of the title role, this is recommended.

--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com