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Opera - Rigoletto
GIUSEPPE VERDI
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
English translation by James Fenton
The English National Opera production
Direced for the stage by Jonathan Miller
1.
Prelude
2:34
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Act I
Scene One
2.
'That pretty girl I've been seeing in the city'
1:50
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'Duke', Borsa
3.
'If a woman should happen to catch my eye'
2:06
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'Duke'
4.
'You're going? That's cruel'
2:03
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'Duke', 'Countess', Rigoletto, Chorus
5.
'It's happened! It's happened!'
2:48
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Marullo, Chorus, 'Duke', Rigoletto, Ceprano, Borsa, Courtiers
6.
'I demand to see him'
4:52
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Monterone, 'Duke', Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers
Scene Two
7.
'The old man laid his curse on me!'
5:10
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Rigoletto, Sparafucile
8.
'We are equals'
3:52
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Rigoletto
9.
'Gilda!'
2:03
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Rigoletto, Gilda
10.
'Ah, do not demand of one so sad'
5:03
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Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna
11.
'Oh, dear Giovanna, guard my daughter'
5:46
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Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, 'Duke'
12.
'Giovanna, I should have told him'
3:12
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Gilda, Giovanna, 'Duke'
13.
'Love is the source of life, love is our sunlight'
5:27
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'Duke', Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna
14.
'Gualtier Maldè, you were the first to love me . . .
6:20
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Dearest name of my first love'
Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Chorus, Marullo
15.
'I have returned. But why?'
2:19
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Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo
16.
'Softly, softly we move in to get her'
3:01
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All, Gilda, Chorus, Rigoletto
Act II
17.
'Somebody came and stole her but when?'
2:30
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'Duke'
18.
'Somewhere I see you weeping'
3:05
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'Duke', All
19.
'We went to look for her last night together'
2:00
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All, 'Duke'
20.
'The power of love is calling'
3:13
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'Duke', All
21.
'Poor little Rigoletto . . .'
3:35
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Marullo, Rigoletto, Chorus, Ceprano, Secretary, Borsa
22.
'Filthy rabble, you liars, you cowards'
4:32
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Rigoletto
23.
'My father!'
1:29
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Gilda, Rigoletto, All
24.
'Speak now. They've left us'
7:21
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Rigoletto, Gilda
25.
'Ive one thing to do here before I am finished'
1:13
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Rigoletto, Gilda, Henchman, Monterone
26.
'Old man, you're mistaken'
2:12
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Rigoletto, Gilda
Act III
27.
'You love him?'
2:24
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Rigoletto, Gilda, 'Duke', Sparafucile
28.
'Women abandon us'
3:04
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'Duke', Sparafucile, Rigoletto
29.
'When first I came to talk to you'
1:33
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'Duke', Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto
30.
'If you want a faithful lover'
4:40
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'Duke', Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto
31.
'Eighty dollars you were asking'
2:22
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Rigoletto, Sparafucile, 'Duke', Maddalena
32.
'He's such a young man, handsome and friendly'
2:33
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Maddalena, 'Duke', Sparafucile
33.
'I cannot think clearly'
6:22
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Gilda, Maddalena, Sparafucile
34.
'Now for my vengeance, now the moment is ready'
2:53
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Rigoletto, Sparafucile
35.
'He's there, murdered, oh yes'
2:21
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Rigoletto, 'Duke'
36.
'But who can be inside here?'
2:02
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Rigoletto, Gilda
37.
'It's all my fault'
1:29
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Gilda, Rigoletto
38.
'Ah, soon, in Heaven'
3:22
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Gilda, Rigoletto
Solo: John Rawnsley baritone - Rigoletto
Solo: Helen Field soprano - Gilda
Solo: Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Monterone
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder
28-30 July, 1, 6, 7, 14, 28 August and 4 September 1983