"Pari siamo... Figlia! Mio padre!" Rigoletto, G. Verdi - Ettore Bastianini and Renata Scotto (HD)

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00:00 - "Pari siamo"
03:50 - "Figlia!..Mio padre!"

Rigoletto is a three-act opera with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play "Le roi s'amuse" by Víctor Hugo. Together with "El trovador" and "La traviata" (both from 1853), he formed the popular operatic trilogy that Verdi composed in the middle of his career.

Place and date of premiere: Teatro La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851.
Roles:
The Duke of Mantua (lyrical tenor)
Rigoletto, court jester (dramatic baritone)
Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto (coloratura soprano)
Sparafucile, hitman (bass)
Maddalena, sister of Sparafucile (mezzo-soprano or contralto)
Giovanna, Gilda's accompanist (mezzo-soprano)
Count Monterone (baritone)
Barullo, gentleman (baritone)
Borsa, courtier (tenor)
Count Ceprano (bass)
Countess, wife of Ceprano (mezzo-soprano)
Nobles, courtiers (Men's choir: tenor and bass)
Page of the Duchess (mezzo-soprano)


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