Verdi: Rigoletto (3-CD) – Plácido Domingo
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Verdi: Rigoletto (3-CD) – Plácido Domingo
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Artists: Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Kurt Moll, Hanna Schwarz, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Carlo Maria Guilini
Number of Discs: 3
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: October 11, 2018
Giulini’s 1980 reading of Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Vienna Philharmonic, with a cast led by Cappuccilli, Cotrubas, and Domingo. The 160-page booklet includes an essay by Franzpeter Messmer on the Italian operatic tradition.
History
One of the most popular operas in the repertoire, Verdi’s riveting drama was first seen in 1851 at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice. Together with his next two works, Il Trovatore and La Traviata, it formed the basis for the composer’s lasting success. For his new production, director Michael Mayer has moved the action from 16th-century Mantua to 1960s Las Vegas: “I tried to imagine a recent world that captures the decadence of the Duke’s palace, where the participants are in pursuit of power, money, and beauty,” he says. Las Vegas in the ’60s is such a world, where a kind of prankster energy could go bad.”
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