United States / Dec 15, 1981 / PG
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor. From sumptuous interiors, we move to a dark street, a lonely inn. The secondary figures are astutely counterpoised: the plotting courtiers against the plotting Sparafucile and Maddalena (also ambiguously tender-hearted). When Rigoletto says "Pari siamo", he could be expressing the motto of the whole work: the beautiful and the ugly can be equally good, equally evil.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Betsy Norden | Countess Ceprano |
| Norman Andersson | Count Ceprano |
| Charles Anthony | Borsa |
| Richard J. Clark | Monterone |
| James Levine | Self - Conductor |
| Nadyne Brewer | A page |
| Paul de Paola | Chief guard |
| MET Orchestra |
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Verdi: Rigoletto |
| Original language | EN |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Decca |
| Release date | 15 dicembre 1981 |
| Executive producer | Michael Bronson |
| Production | Michael Bronson, Clemente D'Alessio, Karen Adler Barbosa |
| Writer | Francesco Maria Piave, Victor Hugo |
| Assistant directors | Brian Large, John Dexter |
| Lighting | Gil Wechsler |
| Production design | John Dexter, Tanya Moiseiwitsch |
| Art direction | John Dexter, Tanya Moiseiwitsch |
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| Set decoration | John Dexter, Tanya Moiseiwitsch |
| Music | Giuseppe Verdi, James Levine, Jay David Saks |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi, James Levine, Jay David Saks |
| Costume design | Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Victor Callegari, Nina Lawson, Christina Calamari |
| Makeup | Victor Callegari, Nina Lawson, Christina Calamari, Tanya Moiseiwitsch |
| Hairstyling | Victor Callegari, Nina Lawson, Christina Calamari, Tanya Moiseiwitsch |
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