- Audio CD (May 25 1993)
- SPARS Code: ADD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Complete, Import
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B0000012V4
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"Pas de musique le long de mes vers !" Cette injonction sifflante de Victor Hugo, Giuseppe Verdi n'en eut que faire au moment de s'attaquer à Hernani ou au Roi s'amuse, devenu sous sa plume Rigoletto. Drame humain s'il en est, première oeuvre de la "trilogie populaire", Rigoletto n'était pourtant aux yeux de Verdi " qu'une suite d'airs, de duos, et rien d'autre ". La vision qu'en offre Rafael Kubelik est tranchante, incisive, dramatiquement forte, sans pour autant renoncer à l'italianità de la partition : un Rigoletto qui sonne juste et rond. Les deux têtes d'affiche, l'angélique Renata Scotto dessinant la tessiture idéale de la jeune vierge Gilda, et le duc de Mantoue aux accents nobles et châtiés de Carlo Bergonzi, donnent la réplique au Rigoletto surprenant de Fischer-Dieskau, plus attentif au texte et aux nuances qu'à la couleur vocale appropriée. Bouffon, souffrant et humain, il est le plus bouleversant de tous. --Pierre Massé
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A moving and warm Rigoletto - finally available!
Dec 2 2005
By Armindo
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
It took amazon ages to release this excellent Rigoletto but now it's here and it offers one of the warmest accounts of this opera.
Fischer-Diskau is far from a Verdian baritone but this role more than any other allows different interpretations and somehow his most sympathetic characterisation made me care for Rigoletto. It's pleasant that he can't bark like others but he can't be the nasty Rigoletto we should be introduced to in the beginning of the work either. Lets say that he's a good alternative to the classic Cappuccilli, Bastianini, Merrill, Bruson.
La Scotto is heard here in her signature role and she surely doesn't dissapoint. Even if I can't endure her metallic voice for long, it's hard to deny the singing is exceptional. I'd compromise with her sound and vote for her as the best Gilda if it wasn't for Mariella Devia who offers everything Scotto does plus a creamy, focused top.
This was the recording that introduced me to Bergonzi's magic. When he completed parmi veder le lagrime, I couldn't believe what I'd just heard. It sounds asif he distils Verdian essense from every single note the duke sings. And honeyed tone makes the experience a dream. I wonder why Maddalena didn't fall for him too! Cossotto and Vinco splendidly sing their minor but important parts and give an extra polish to the ensembles.
Kubelik deserves the praise he gets for he offers drama, force and lyricism and controls the Scala forces even in the difficult parts. Don't miss it!
Fischer-Diskau is far from a Verdian baritone but this role more than any other allows different interpretations and somehow his most sympathetic characterisation made me care for Rigoletto. It's pleasant that he can't bark like others but he can't be the nasty Rigoletto we should be introduced to in the beginning of the work either. Lets say that he's a good alternative to the classic Cappuccilli, Bastianini, Merrill, Bruson.
La Scotto is heard here in her signature role and she surely doesn't dissapoint. Even if I can't endure her metallic voice for long, it's hard to deny the singing is exceptional. I'd compromise with her sound and vote for her as the best Gilda if it wasn't for Mariella Devia who offers everything Scotto does plus a creamy, focused top.
This was the recording that introduced me to Bergonzi's magic. When he completed parmi veder le lagrime, I couldn't believe what I'd just heard. It sounds asif he distils Verdian essense from every single note the duke sings. And honeyed tone makes the experience a dream. I wonder why Maddalena didn't fall for him too! Cossotto and Vinco splendidly sing their minor but important parts and give an extra polish to the ensembles.
Kubelik deserves the praise he gets for he offers drama, force and lyricism and controls the Scala forces even in the difficult parts. Don't miss it!
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RIGOLETTO
Jun 18 2012
By EDUARDO
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
EXCELENTE GRABACION CON UN REPARTO HISTORICO Y UN D. FISCHER DIESKAU MONUMENTAL. TAL VEZ LO UNICO CUESTIONABLE ES POR MOMENTOS, LA DIRECCION DE KUBELIK.
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