| Description |
2 audio discs (119 min.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
015833 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the Victor Hugo play Le Roi s'amuse. |
| Performer |
Maria Callas (Gilda) ; Giuseppe di Stefano (Il duca di Mantova) ; Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto) ; Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile) ; Adriana Lazzarini (Maddalena) ; Giuse Gerbino (Giovanna) ; Plinio Clabassi (Il conte di Monterone) ; William Dickie (Marullo) ; Renato Ercolani (Borsa) ; Carlo Forti (Il conte di Ceprano) ; Elvira Galassi (La contessa di Ceprano) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano ; Tullio Serafin, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1955 September 3-16 Teatro alla Scala, Milan. |
| Original Version |
Originally released: 1956. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by John Steane and Cedric Wallis, synopsis, and libretto with English translation (90 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
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Callas, Maria, 1923-1977, singer.
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Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008, singer.
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Gobbi, Tito, singer.
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Zaccaria, Nicola, singer.
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Lazzarini, Adriana, singer.
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Gerbino, Giuse, singer.
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Clabassi, Plinio, singer.
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Dickie, William, 1914-1984, singer.
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Ercolani, Renato, singer.
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Forti, Carlo, singer.
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Galassi, Elvira, singer.
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Serafin, Tullio, 1878-1968, conductor.
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Steane, J. B., writer of added commentary.
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Wallis, Cedric, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work) : Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
Roi s'amuse.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto.
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Container of (work): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Rigoletto.
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Container of (expression): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Rigoletto. English.
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Teatro alla Scala. Coro, singer.
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Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
724355632722 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 56327 2 2 EMI Classics (set) |
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7243 5 56328 2 1 EMI Classics (disc 1) |
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7243 5 56329 2 0 EMI Classics (disc 2) |
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