Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi.

Verdi's riveting drama features Giovanni Meoni in the title role of the hunchbacked jester who does everything in his power to protect his innocent daughter Gilda (Nino Machaidze) from the cruel and superficial world of the licentious yet charismatic Duke of Mantua (Joseph Calleja). But when Gi...

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Online Access: Streaming Audio (via Met Opera)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Other Authors: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 (Composer), Machaidze, Nino, 1983- (Performer), Chavez, Kirsten (Performer), Calleja, Joseph, 1977- (Performer), Meoni, Giovanni (Performer), Kočan, Štefan, 1972- (Performer), Arrivabeni, Paolo (Conductor)
Format: Audio
Language:Italian
Published: [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2011]
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Summary:Verdi's riveting drama features Giovanni Meoni in the title role of the hunchbacked jester who does everything in his power to protect his innocent daughter Gilda (Nino Machaidze) from the cruel and superficial world of the licentious yet charismatic Duke of Mantua (Joseph Calleja). But when Gilda falls in love with the Duke, Rigoletto is powerless, and things get out of hand--with tragic consequences. Štefan Kocán co-stars as Sparafucile.
Item Description:Duration: 1 hr., 59 min., 49 sec.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 59 min., 49 sec.))
Playing Time:01:59:49
Participant or Performer:Nino Machaidze ; Kirsten Chávez ; Joseph Calleja ; Giovanni Meoni ; Stefan Kocán ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Paolo Arrivabeni, conductor.
Language:Sung in Italian.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Vendor-supplied metadata.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live in 2011 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.