Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1955) [with other operatic excerpts featuring Robert Merrill]

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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1955) [with other operatic excerpts featuring Robert Merrill]
Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Roberta Peters (soprano) / Robert Merrill (baritone) / Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Jonel Perlea

[ Naxos Historical Opera / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 July 2008

This item is currently out of stock. It may take 6 or more weeks to obtain from when you place your order as this is a specialist product.

When this 1956 recording of Rigoletto was first released in Britain, The Gramophone reviewer commented: "under Perlea, the orchestral playing is firm and dramatic, well balanced with the voice.

The music is well paced. Björling's tone is a constant pleasure. He sings elegantly. Merrill, too, is in fine voice: he sings the title rôle in correct and often impressive style… in short, this performance with Metropolitan stars offers an able, and therefore enjoyable performance of the opera". Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill can also be heard together in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (Naxos 8.110258) and Puccini's Manon Lescaut (Naxos 8.111030-31).

Tracks:

Giuseppe Verdi
Complete Rigoletto

and
Otello, Act II: Credo in un Dio crudel
Il trovatore, Act II: Tutto e deserto - Il balen del suo sorriso
La traviata, Act II: Di Provenza il mar

Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Largo al factotum