Verdi: Rigoletto (Highlights CD) – Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti
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Verdi: Rigoletto (Highlights CD) – Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Artists: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Decca
CD Release Date: August 8, 2000
“La donna è mobile,” “Caro nome” and the famous quartet are just some of the highlights to be found in Verdi’s popular Rigoletto.
“Glorious listening…the ‘big three’ of the cast, each in prime voice.” (Stereo Review)
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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