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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Verdi: RigolettoTeatro Regio di Parma, 2008
Francesco Demuro (Il Duca), Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Nino Machaidze (Gilda), Marco Potti (Sparafucile), Stefanie Iranyi (Maddalena), Katarina Nikolic (Giovanna), Roberto Tagliavini (Monterone), Orazio Mori (Marullo), Mauro Buffoli (Borsa), Ezio Maria Tisi (Il Conte di Ceprano), Scilla Cristiano (La Contessa di Ceprano) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Massimo Zanetti (conductor) & Stefano Vizioli (stage director) C Major’s Tutto Verdi project continues with a recording of Rigoletto from the Teatro Regio di Parma. The opera was based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo and is perceived to be the first of Verdi’s great masterpieces of his mid-to-late career. This performance features a top-class cast, led by Nino Machaidze and Leo Nucci. PICTURE: 16:9, HD SOUND: BD: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM 2.0 RUNNING TIME: 140 MINUTES (OPERA: 130 MINUTES, BONUS: 10 MINUTES) SUBTITLES: ITALIAN (ORIGINAL LANGUAGE), ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE “Nucci simply owns the role of Rigoletto...a master-class in vocal acting...Machaidze is the very embodiment of Gilda. Her characterization is simply marvellous...[she] has a lovely full tone - this is no canary Gilda - with 'Caro nome' poised and emotional...The supporting cast is excellent...I was highly impressed by Massino Zanetti's conducting” International Record Review, May 2013 | 
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| |  | Verdi: RigolettoLive Recording from The Zurich Opera House 2006
Complete Opera Recording + Exclusive Bonus Feature: More than 130 minutes of highlights from 45 critically acclaimed opera, ballet & documentary productions on Blu-ray Disc! + Arthaus Musik Blu-ray Catalogue Sound Format: PCM Stereo, dts-HD Master Audio 7.1 Picture Format: 16:9 Resolution: 1080i FULL HD Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, DE, FR, ES, Korean Running Time: 128 mins + 130 mins (bonus) Blu-ray Disc: 50 GB (Dual Layer) FSK: 0 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Rigolettosung in French
Alain Vanzo (Duke), Robert Massard (Rigoletto), Renée Doria (Gilda), Adrien Legros (Sparafucile), Denise Scharley (Maddalena), Agnes Adam (Giovanna), Jean-Pierre Laffage (Monterone), Michel Forel (Marullo), Camille Pouquetty (Borsa), Jacques Scellier (Ceprano) & Micheline Dupré (Countess) Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs 'Jésus Etcheverry', Jésus Etcheverry Paris, March 1961 Exceptional sound. This is superb: Vanzo's tone is light, bright and glorious; Doria's coloratura legendary. There is a strange 'rightness' about this French 'Rigoletto'. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: RigolettoRecorded live at the Sydney Opera House 2010
Alan Opie (Rigoletto), Emma Matthews (Gilda), Paul O'Neill (Duke of Mantua), David Parkin (Sparafucile) & Elizabeth Campbell (Maddalena) Opera Australia Chorus & Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Giovanni Reggioli One of Opera Australia's best-loved productions. Inspired by Fellini's classic film La dolca vita, Verdi's dark melodrama is transposed into the world of modern day mafiosi. “Paul O'Neill sings ably though his dramatic presentation is dull. Emma Matthews's Gilda is far more consistent; she sings with keen technical aplomb and manages the tricky task of playing a character whose innocence proves a terrible vulnerability...Giovanni Reggioli is the decent conductor.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2012 ** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Rigoletto
Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), June Anderson (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca di Mantova), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Shirley Verrett (Maddalena), Vitalba Mosca (Giovanna), Natale de Carolis (Monterone), Roberto Scaltriti (Marullo), Piero De Palma (Borsa), Carlo De Bortoli (Conte di Ceprano), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Contessa di Ceprano), Marilena Laurenza (Un paggio) Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly “the vigour and extreme originality of the score is realized...the best reason for acquiring this set is for Pavarotti's delightfully airy and confident Duke of Mantua. Surpassing even his own breezy account for Bonynge, the tireless tenor adds little touches of character and nuances of tone to bring the Duke to life...Ghiaurov, in splendid voice, is a wily, subtle assassin” Gramophone Magazine, January 1990 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Rigoletto
This newly remastered recording was made in the Teatro della Pergola in Florence in 1960. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Rigoletto
Roberta Peters (Gilda), Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Richard Tucker (Il Duca di Mantova), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Sparafucile), Mignon Dunn (Maddalena), Carlotta Ordassy (Giovanna), John Macurdy (Monterone), Calvin Marsh (Marullo), Arthur Graham (Borsa), Robert Patterson (Il Conte di Ceprano), Joy Clements (La Contessa di Ceprano), Junetta Jones (Un paggio) The Metropolitan Opera & Chorus, Fausto Cleva “essentially a decent house revival of an old production...Richard Tucker keeps the Duke of Mantua light on his feet. Robert Merrill's gruff jester has plenty of voice, too, though again giving the suggestion of a solid run-through rather than a newly thought-through interpretation, but Roberta Peters's Gilda possesses a fresh-faced quality.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 *** “Merrill's voice is a gorgeous instrument and his Rigoletto is handsomely sung...Tucker is in fine voice for the Duke, delivering a nuance-free interpretation but with a voice of gold...[Peters is] on good form, though not as fresh as in 1956, and she vocally acts the role...Bonaldo Giaiotti is a dark, doom-laden Sparafucile and Mignon Dunn adds luxury - and fine vocal acting - to Maddalena.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Rigolettolive 1959
Richard Tucker (Duke), Renato Capecchi (Rigoletto), Gianna D’Angelo (Gilda), Ivan Sardi (Sparafucile), Miriam Pirazzini (Maddalena), Aurora Cattelani (Giovanna), Vito Susca (Monterone), Giorgio Giorgetti (Marulio), Vittorio Pandano (Borsa) & Guido Pasella (Ceprano) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: Rigoletto
Recorded in studio in 1955 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: RigolettoLive from Dresden Opera
Željko Lučić (Rigoletto), Diana Damrau (Gilda), Juan Diego Florez (Il Duca di Mantova), Georg Zeppenfeld (Sparafucile), Christa Mayer (Maddalena), Angela Liebold (Giovanna), Markus Marquardt (Monterone), Matthias Henneberg (Marullo), Oliver Ringelhahn (Borsa), Markus Butter (Conte di Ceprano), Kyung-Hae Kang (Contessa di Ceprano) Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi In June 2008, Giuseppe Verdi temporarily replaced Richard Strauss as the presiding genius at Dresden’s Semperoper as baritone Željko Lucic, soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Juan Diego Flórez came together for a new production of Rigoletto, directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff and conducted by Fabio Luisi, chief conductor of the Semperoper, Dresden, General Music Director-elect of the Zurich Opera, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. “Lehnhoff's production of Rigoletto is a ferocious, if uneven affair, that awkwardly positions the opera between religious drama and psychopathology...vocally [Damrau and Lucic have] rarely been bettered, while Flórez, cast against his squeaky-clean image, is insidiously sensual as the Duke. There's powerhouse conducting from Fabio Luisi, too.” The Guardian, 9th December 2010 **** “Flórez uses his lighter-than-usual tenor to sing the role with high-wattage brilliance...the outstanding vocal performance comes from Diana Damrau as Gilda. More than Flórez, she sounds fully inside the role, shaping "Caro nome" with a control of tone-colour and phrasing that makes entirely her own...Zeljka Lucic brings dignity to the role of Rigoletto with his warm expansive singing.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 “Musically, the show is spectacular...Juan Diego Flórez is wonderfully sure of himself in every way...[Damrau] is no soubrette; the voice has body and power, her breath control is superb, and there is never a worry about the proper landing of a high note...[Lucic is] a superb Verdi baritone...understanding the composer's long lines and dramatic instincts” International Record Review, December 2010 “The singers are a distinguished bunch, with Željko Lučić the most sympathetic and pathetic Rigoletto I have seen or heard...[Damrau] sings gorgeously, and her acting is first-rate. Juan Diego Flórez makes a convincing Duke...His narrow-bore voice turns out to be ideal for conveying the predatory hedonism of the character. In the Sparafucile of Georg Zeppenfeld we encounter a star in the making” BBC Music Magazine *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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