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CHAN 3030
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Verdi: Rigoletto
Release Date: 2000
Originally recorded in July 1983
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Solo baritone - Rigoletto
John Rawnsley
John Rawnsley
Solo soprano - Gilda
Helen Field
Helen Field
Tenor Voice tenor - The 'Duke'
Arthur Davies
Arthur Davies
Bass Voice bass - Sparafucile
Sir John Tomlinson
Sir John Tomlinson
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Maddalena
Jean Rigby
Jean Rigby
Solo bass-baritone - Monterone
Norman Bailey
Norman Bailey
Baritone Voice baritone - Marullo
Alan Opie
Alan Opie
Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Mark Elder
Sir Mark Elder
Venue
Abbey Road Studio, London
Abbey Road Studio, London
Producer
Suvi Raj Grubb
Suvi Raj Grubb
Engineer
Stuart Eltham
Stuart Eltham
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Rigoletto
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Rigoletto
124:47
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
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Prelude
2:34
Act I
Scene One
2.
'That pretty girl I've been seeing in the city'
1:50
'Duke', Borsa
3.
'If a woman should happen to catch my eye'
2:06
'Duke'
4.
'You're going? That's cruel'
2:03
'Duke', 'Countess', Rigoletto, Chorus
5.
'It's happened! It's happened!'
2:48
Marullo, Chorus, 'Duke', Rigoletto, Ceprano, Borsa, Courtiers
6.
'I demand to see him'
4:52
Monterone, 'Duke', Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers
Scene Two
7.
'The old man laid his curse on me!'
5:10
Rigoletto, Sparafucile
8.
'We are equals'
3:52
Rigoletto
9.
'Gilda!'
2:03
Rigoletto, Gilda
10.
'Ah, do not demand of one so sad'
5:03
Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna
11.
'Oh, dear Giovanna, guard my daughter'
5:46
Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, 'Duke'
12.
'Giovanna, I should have told him'
3:12
Gilda, Giovanna, 'Duke'
13.
'Love is the source of life, love is our sunlight'
5:27
'Duke', Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna
14.
'Gualtier Maldè, you were the first to love me . . .
6:20
Dearest name of my first love'
Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Chorus, Marullo
15.
'I have returned. But why?'
2:19
Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo
16.
'Softly, softly we move in to get her'
3:01
All, Gilda, Chorus, Rigoletto
58:29
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
1.
'Somebody came and stole her but when?'
2:30
'Duke'
2.
'Somewhere I see you weeping'
3:05
'Duke', All
3.
'We went to look for her last night together'
2:00
All, 'Duke'
4.
'The power of love is calling'
3:13
'Duke', All
5.
'Poor little Rigoletto . . .'
3:35
Marullo, Rigoletto, Chorus, Ceprano, Secretary, Borsa
6.
'Filthy rabble, you liars, you cowards'
4:32
Rigoletto
7.
'My father!'
1:29
Gilda, Rigoletto, All
8.
'Speak now. They've left us'
7:21
Rigoletto, Gilda
9.
'Ive one thing to do here before I am finished'
1:13
Rigoletto, Gilda, Henchman, Monterone
10.
'Old man, you're mistaken'
2:12
Rigoletto, Gilda
Act III
11.
'You love him?'
2:24
Rigoletto, Gilda, 'Duke', Sparafucile
12.
'Women abandon us'
3:04
'Duke', Sparafucile, Rigoletto
13.
'When first I came to talk to you'
1:33
'Duke', Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto
14.
'If you want a faithful lover'
4:40
'Duke', Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto
15.
'Eighty dollars you were asking'
2:22
Rigoletto, Sparafucile, 'Duke', Maddalena
16.
'He's such a young man, handsome and friendly'
2:33
Maddalena, 'Duke', Sparafucile
17.
'I cannot think clearly'
6:22
Gilda, Maddalena, Sparafucile
18.
'Now for my vengeance, now the moment is ready'
2:53
Rigoletto, Sparafucile
19.
'He's there, murdered, oh yes'
2:21
Rigoletto, 'Duke'
20.
'But who can be inside here?'
2:02
Rigoletto, Gilda
21.
'It's all my fault'
1:29
Gilda, Rigoletto
22.
'Ah, soon, in Heaven'
3:22
Gilda, Rigoletto
66:18
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
