Act I - Prelude

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

2:18

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

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

1:48

Act I - Questa o quella (Duke)

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

2:03

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

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

2:20

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

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

3:09

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

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

4:23

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

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

4:25

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

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

5:49

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

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

8:08

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

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

8:51

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

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

7:00

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

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

4:54

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

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

5:31

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

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

2:03

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

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

3:27

Act II - Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)

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

4:43

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

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

2:00

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

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

7:44

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

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

3:42

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

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

2:00

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

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

2:58

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

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

6:03

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

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

4:57

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

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

5:02

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

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

4:30

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

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

5:48

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

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

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Orchestra
Cesare Sodero

Conductor
Jussi Björling

Tenor
Norman Cordon

Bass

Rigoletto

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