Verdi: Rigoletto / Solti, Moffo, Kraus, Merrill
Verdi / Merrill / Rca Italiana Orchestra / Solti Release Date: 09/11/2015
Label:
Sony
Catalog #: 88875073452
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
David Ward
,
Anna di Stasio
,
Robert Kerns
,
Corinna Vozza
...
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
,
RCA Italian Opera Chorus
Number of Discs: 2
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
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Rigoletto
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
David Ward
(Bass)
,
Anna di Stasio
(Mezzo Soprano)
,
Robert Kerns
(Baritone)
,
Corinna Vozza
(Mezzo Soprano)
,
Mario Rinaudo
(Bass)
,
Tina Toscano
(Soprano)
,
Enzo Titta
(Baritone)
,
Rosalind Elias
(Mezzo Soprano)
,
Piero de Palma
(Tenor)
,
Robert Merrill
(Baritone)
,
Ezio Flagello
(Bass)
,
Anna Moffo
(Soprano)
,
Alfredo Kraus
(Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
,
RCA Italian Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851 Italy
Date of Recording: 06/1963
Venue: RCA Italiana Studios, Rome, Italy
Length: 113 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
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