RIGOLETTO
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo’s Le Roi s’amusePremièr at Teatro La Fenice, Venice – 11 March 1851
08 November 1958
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Conductor: Jean Fournet
Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini
Stage director: Enrico Frigerio
Costumes: Goldstein & Co.
The Duke of Mantua JUSSI BJÖRLING tenor
Rigoletto his jester ROBERT WEED baritone
Gilda his daughter LEYLA GENCER soprano
Giovanna her duenna KATHERINE HILGENBERG mezzo-soprano
Count Ceprano a noble man JOHN GILLAPSY bass
Count Monterone a noble man MARK ELYN baritone
Sparafucile a bravo LORENZO ALVARY bass
Maddalena her sister CECILIA WARD mezzo-soprano
Matteo Borsa a courtier VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Cavaliere Marullo a courtier HAROLD ENNS baritone
Countess Ceprano MARGOT BLUM mezzo-soprano
A page JOAN MARIE MOYNAGH soprano
Time: Sixteenth Century
Place: Mantua
Costumes: Goldstein & Co.
The Duke of Mantua JUSSI BJÖRLING tenor
Rigoletto his jester ROBERT WEED baritone
Gilda his daughter LEYLA GENCER soprano
Giovanna her duenna KATHERINE HILGENBERG mezzo-soprano
Count Ceprano a noble man JOHN GILLAPSY bass
Count Monterone a noble man MARK ELYN baritone
Sparafucile a bravo LORENZO ALVARY bass
Maddalena her sister CECILIA WARD mezzo-soprano
Matteo Borsa a courtier VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Cavaliere Marullo a courtier HAROLD ENNS baritone
Countess Ceprano MARGOT BLUM mezzo-soprano
A page JOAN MARIE MOYNAGH soprano
Time: Sixteenth Century
Place: Mantua
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1958.05.01
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1958.05.11
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1958.06.29
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1958.09.23
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