This is a list of recordings of Rigoletto, an 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. __TOC__
Recordings
YearCast(Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua,Gilda, Sparafucile, Maddalena)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1915–18Antonio Armentano Anticorona,Fernando De Lucia,Angela de Angelis,Luis Muñoz,Vida FerlugaSalvatore SassanoSan Carlo orchestra and chorus, NaplesLP: Phonotype1916Cesare Formichi,Giuseppe Taccani,Ines Maria Ferraris,Vincenzo Bettoni,G CaianiLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: Columbia RecordsCat: D 17732-177471917Giuseppe Danise,Carlo Broccardi,Ayres Borghi-Zerni,Vincenzo Bettoni,Nelda GarroneCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: BongiovanniCat: GB 10241927–28Luigi Piazza,Tino Folgar,Lina Pagliughi,Salvatore Baccaloni,Vera de ChristoffCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: RadiexCat: RXC1113-141927Riccardo Stracciari,Dino Borgioli,Mercedes Capsir,Ernesto Dominici,Anna Masetti-BassiLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: Columbia RecordsCat: GQX 10028-10042CD: Aura MusicCat: LRC 11099-21935Lawrence Tibbett,Frederick Jagel (act 1) /Jan Kiepura (act 2),Lily Pons,Virgilio Lazzari,Helen OlheimEttore PanizzaMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110020-11944Heinrich Schlusnus,Helge Rosvaenge,Erna Berger,Josef Greindl,Margarete KloseRobert Heger,Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus(performed in German translation)LP: HeliodorCat: 2700 702CD: Berlin ClassicsCat: 0033002 BC1945Jussi Björling,Leonard Warren Bidu Sayão,Norman Cordon,Martha LiptonCesare SoderoMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110051-521950Leonard Warren,Jan Peerce,Erna Berger,Italo Tajo,Nan MerrimanRenato CelliniRCA Victor OrchestraRobert Shaw ChoraleLP: RCA VictrolaCat: AVM2-0698 CD: RCA Red SealCat: 888837290021950Josef Metternich,Rudolf Schock,Rita Streich,Wilhelm Lang,Margarete KloseFerenc Fricsay,Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,RIAS KammerchorCD: Myto RecordsCat: 9451111952Piero Campolonghi,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Maria Callas,Alberto Herrera,Gilberto CerdaUmberto Mugnai,Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorusLP: MelodramCat: MEL 405CD: Mondo MusicaCat: MMO 911121954Giuseppe Taddei,Ferruccio Tagliavini,Lina Pagliughi,Giulio Neri,Irma ColasantiAngelo Questa RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorusCD: Warner-FonitCat: 8573 82647-21954Aldo Protti,Mario Del Monaco,Hilde Gueden,Cesare Siepi,Giulietta SimionatoAlberto EredeAccademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus CD: DeccaCat: 4402421955Tito Gobbi,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Maria Callas,Nicola Zaccaria,Adriana LazzariniTullio Serafin,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 7474691956Robert Merrill,Jussi Björling,Roberta Peters,Giorgio Tozzi,Anna Maria RotaJonel Perlea,Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusLP: RCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6041CD: RCA VictorCat: 60172-2-RG1960Ettore Bastianini,Alfredo Kraus,Renata Scotto,Ivo Vinco,Fiorenza CossottoGianandrea Gavazzeni,Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorusCD: >BMG Classics-RicordiCat: 74321 68779 2 1961Cornell MacNeil,Renato Cioni,Joan Sutherland,Cesare Siepi,Stefania MalaguNino Sanzogno,Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 443 853-2 1961Cornell MacNeil,Gianni Raimondi,Leyla Gencer,Jorge Algorta,Carmen BurelloArgeo Quadri,Buenos Aires Philharmonic and ChorusCD: Myto RecordsCat: 3225 1963Robert Merrill,Alfredo Kraus,Anna Moffo,Ezio Flagello,Rosalind EliasGeorg Solti,RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorusLP: RCA Red SealCat: LSC-7027CD: RCA Red SealCat: 88875073425 1963Nicolae Herlea,Ion Buzea,Magda Ianculescu,Nicolae Rafael,Dorothea PaladeJean Bobescu,Romanian Opera Bucharest orchestra and chorusCD: VOXBOXCat: CDX51621964Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Carlo Bergonzi,Renata Scotto,Ivo Vinco,Fiorenza CossottoRafael Kubelík,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 477 56081967Cornell MacNeil,Nicolai Gedda,Reri Grist,Agostino Ferrin,Anna di StasioFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 39328221971Sherrill Milnes,Luciano Pavarotti,Joan Sutherland,Martti Talvela,Huguette TourangeauRichard Bonynge,London Symphony OrchestraAmbrosian Opera ChorusCD: DeccaCat: 414-269-2 1977Rolando Panerai,Franco Bonisolli,Margherita Rinaldi,Bengt Rundgren,Viorica Cortez Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,Staatskapelle DresdenState Opera Dresden ChorusCD: Arts MusicCat: 43073;DVD: EncoreCat: 2022 1977Cornell MacNeil,Plácido Domingo,Ileana Cotrubaș,Justino Díaz,Isola JonesJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Production: John Dexter)DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 00440 073 0930;Met Opera on Demand"Rigoletto" (7 November 1977), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:251290", Met Opera Archive.1978Sherrill Milnes,Alfredo Kraus,Beverly Sills,Samuel Ramey,Mignon DunnJulius Rudel,Philharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian ChorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: CMS 5 66037-21979Piero Cappuccilli,Plácido Domingo,Ileana Cotrubaș,Nicolai Ghiaurov,Elena ObraztsovaCarlo Maria Giulini,Vienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera ChorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 457 753-21981Louis Quilico,Luciano Pavarotti,Christiane Eda-Pierre,Ara Berberian,Isola JonesJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera(Production: John Dexter)(Performance of 15 December)Streaming SD videoMet Opera on Demand"Rigoletto" (15 December 1981), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:266930", Met Opera Archive. 1982Ingvar Wixell,Luciano Pavarotti,Edita Gruberová,Ferruccio Furlanetto,Victoria VergaraRiccardo Chailly,Vienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera Chorus(film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle)DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 00440 073 4166 7Rigoletto , Deutsche GrammophonDVD: DeccaCat: 0714011984Renato Bruson,Neil Shicoff,Edita Gruberová,Robert Lloyd,Brigitte FassbaenderGiuseppe Sinopoli,Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 470 437-21985Bernd Weikl,Giacomo Aragall,Lucia Popp,Jan-Hendrik Rootering,Klara TakacsLamberto Gardelli,Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorusCD: EurodiscCat: 610 115 BMG-RCACat: 74321 25286-21988Giorgio Zancanaro,Vincenzo La Scola,Daniela Dessì,Paata Burchuladze,Martha SennRiccardo Muti,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 7 49605-21989Leo Nucci,Luciano Pavarotti,June Anderson,Nicolai Ghiaurov,Shirley VerrettRiccardo Chailly,Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 425 864-21993Vladimir Chernov,Luciano Pavarotti,Cheryl Studer,Roberto Scandiuzzi,Denyce GravesJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 447 064-21994Renato Bruson,Roberto Alagna,Andrea Rost,Silvestro Sammaritano,Mariana PentchevaRiccardo Muti,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Sony ClassicalCat: S2K 663141999John Rawnsley,Arthur Davies,Helen Field,John Tomlinson,Jean RigbyMark Elder,English National Opera orchestra and chorusCD: ChandosCat: CHAN 30302001Leo Nucci,Aquiles Machado,Inva Mula,Mario Luperi,Milena JosipovicMarcello Viotti,Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus(Stage director:Charles Roubaud)DVD: Arthaus MusikCat: 1070962002Paolo Gavanelli,Marcelo Álvarez,Christine Schäfer,Eric Halfvarson,Graciela ArayaEdward Downes,Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus(Stage director: David McVicar)DVD: Opus ArteCat: OA0829D2004Carlos Álvarez,Marcelo Álvarez,Inva Mula,Julian Konstantinov,Nino SurguladzeJesús López Cobos,Liceu orchestra and chorus(Stage director: Graham Vick)DVD: Arthaus MusikCat: 1071472006Leo Nucci,Piotr Beczała,Elena Moșuc,László Polgár,Katharina PeetzNello Santi,Zurich Opera orchestra and chorus(Stage director: Gilberto Deflo)DVD: Arthaus MusikCat: 1080572008Leo Nucci,Francesco Demuro,Nino Machaidze,Marco Spotti,Stefanie IrányiMassimo Zanetti,Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorus(Stage director: Stefano Vizioli)DVD: C MajorCat: 7232082013Željko Lučić,Piotr Beczała,Diana Damrau,Stefan Kocán,Oksana VolkovaMichele Mariotti,Metropolitan Opera(Production: Michael Mayer)(Performance of 16 February)Streaming HD videoMet Opera on Demand"Rigoletto" (16 February 2013), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:354860", Met Opera Archive.2015George Petean,Saimir Pirgu,Aleksandra Kurzak,Andrea Mastroni,Judith SchmidFabio Luisi, Orchestra and chorus of the Oper Zürich,Tatjana Gürbaca, stage directorDVD: Accentus MusicCat:PHR02032017Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Francesco Demuro,Nadine Sierra,Andrea Mastroni,Oksana VolkovaConstantine Orbelian,Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State ChoirDVD:DelosCat:DE35222019Vladimir Stoyanov,Stephen Costello,Mélissa Petit,Miklós Sebestyén,Katrin WundsamEnrique Mazzola,Wiener Symphoniker,(Stage director: Philipp Stölzl)DVD:C MajorCat: 7517042022Quinn Kelsey,Piotr Beczała,Rosa Feola,Andrea Mastroni,Varduhi AbrahamyanDaniele Rustioni,Metropolitan Opera(Production: Bartlett Sher)(Performance of 29 January)Streaming HD videoMet Opera on Demand"Rigoletto" (29 January 2022), Met Opera on Demand; "CID: 357568", Met Opera Archive.
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