Opera Explained: Verdi - Rigoletto - CD

Giuseppe Verdi

An Introduction to … VERDI Rigoletto

 

1. Introduction

00:08:12

 

2. Rigoletto and the censors

00:04:43

 

3. Verdi's career - the long view

00:03:17

 

4. Act I - Prelude

00:04:58

 

5. Monterone's curse

00:04:06

 

6. Rigoletto and Sparafucile

00:03:51

 

7. Rigoletto's love for his daughter - Gilda's entrance

00:03:33

 

8. The Duke and Gilda

00:03:24

 

9. Gilda's aria 'caro nome' - Gilda's abduction

00:07:39

 

10. Act II

00:06:44

 

11. Rigoletto's grief

00:05:52

 

12. Gilda's love - Rigoletto's call for revenge

00:04:24

 

13. Act III

00:05:01

 

14. Quartet - the Duke, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto

00:05:16

 

15. 'Ah, la maledizione!' - 'The curse!'

00:07:55