‎Verdi: Rigoletto (Bjorling, Sayao, Warren) [1945] by Jussi Björling

Act I - Prelude

Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cesare Sodero, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, Leonard Warren, Bidú Sayão

2:18

Act I - Della mia bella incognita (Duke, Borsa)

Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Warren, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Bidú Sayão

1:48

Act I - Questa o quella (Duke)

Norman Cordon, Leonard Warren, Cesare Sodero, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Bidú Sayão

2:03

Act I - Partite?...Crudele! (Duke, Countess Ceprano, Rigoletto, Borsa)

Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Leonard Warren, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

2:20

Act I - Gran nuova! Gran nuova! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, Leonard Warren, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cesare Sodero, Bidú Sayão

3:09

Act I - Ch'io gli parli (Monterone, Duke, Borsa, Rigoletto, Marullo, Ceprano)

George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Cesare Sodero, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

4:23

Act I - Quel vecchio maledivami! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile)

Leonard Warren, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão

4:25

Act I - Pari siamo!...Figlia! - Mio padre!... (Rigoletto, Gilda)

George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Cesare Sodero, Bidú Sayão

5:49

Act I - Deh non parlare al misero (Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, Duke)

Norman Cordon, Leonard Warren, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

8:08

Act I - Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi...E il sol dell' anima (Gilda, Giovanna, Duke)

Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cesare Sodero, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Bidú Sayão

8:51

Act I - Gualtier Malde...Caro nome (Gilda, Borsa, Ceparno, Courtiers)

Cesare Sodero, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Bidú Sayão

7:00

Act I - Riedo!...perche?...Zitti, zitti (Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Courtiers)

Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Cesare Sodero, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

4:54

Act II - Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime (Duke)

Leonard Warren, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Cesare Sodero, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

5:31

Act II - Duca, duca? (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers)

Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Cesare Sodero, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

2:03

Act II - Povero Rigoletto! (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Page)

Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Warren, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Bidú Sayão

3:27

Act II - Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Norman Cordon, Cesare Sodero, Bidú Sayão

4:43

Act II - Mio padre? (Gilda, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marulllo, Ceprano)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Norman Cordon, Bidú Sayão

2:00

Act II - Tutte le feste al tempio (Gilda, Rigoletto)

Leonard Warren, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cesare Sodero, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bidú Sayão

7:44

Act II - Compiuto pur quanto...Si, vendetta (Rigoletto, Gilda, Herald, Monterone)

Cesare Sodero, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Bidú Sayão

3:42

Act III - E l'ami? - Sempre (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile)

Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cesare Sodero, Leonard Warren, Bidú Sayão

2:00

Act III - La donna e mobile...E la il vostruomo... (Duke, Sparafucile)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Bidú Sayão

2:58

Act III - Un di, se ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell' amore (Duke, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto)

Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Cesare Sodero, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Cordon, Bidú Sayão

6:03

Act III - M'odi! ritorna a casa... (Rigoletto, Gilda, Sparafucile, Borsa, Duke, Maddalena)

Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cesare Sodero, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Norman Cordon, Bidú Sayão

4:57

Act III - Somiglia un Apollo (Maddalenda, Gilda, Sparafucile)

George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Cesare Sodero, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, Bidú Sayão

5:02

Act III - Dalla vendetta alfin giunge l'istante! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke)

Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cesare Sodero, Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão

4:30

Act III - Chi e mai, chi e qui in sua vece? (Rigoletto, Gilda)

Thelma Altman, Martha Lipton, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cesare Sodero, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Jussi Björling, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Leonard Warren, Bidú Sayão

5:48

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
Jussi Björling

Tenor
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Choir
Cesare Sodero

Conductor

Verdi: Rigoletto (Bjorling, Sayao, Warren) [1945]

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