Rigoletto (Verdi, Giuseppe)

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Dbmiller (2021/12/24)

Performer Pages Teatro alla Scala (orchestra and chorus)
Carlo Sabajno (conductor)
Luigi Piazza (Rigoletto)
Lina Pagliughi (Gilda)
Tino Folgar (The Duke of Mantua)
Salvatore Baccaloni (Sparafucile)
Vera de Cristoff (Maddalena)
Giuseppe Menni (Count Ceprano)
Maria Brambilla (Giovanna/Countess Ceprano)
Giuseppe Nessi (Matteo Borsa)
Aristide Baracchi (Count Monterone/Marullo)
Publisher Info. Victor, 1927–8.
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Performer Pages Mado Robin (soprano)
Publisher Info. EMI Classics - enregistrements originaux : 1947-1959
Performers Michel Dens, baritone
Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Paris, dir. Pierre Dervaux
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La donna è mobile (Act III, No.17)

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Performer Pages Jacques Pottier (tenor)
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Accompaniments

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Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
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Sheet Music

Scores

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Feduol (2021/11/3)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.[1857?].
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Carolus (2017/2/4)

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1860-95).
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Massenetique (2011/10/29)

Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, 1914. Plate 113960.
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Daphnis (2009/11/13)

Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, 1914. Plate 113960.
Reprinted Rigoletto in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1992.
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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1916. Plate 54295.
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Introduction (No.2)

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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1916. Plate 21320.
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Parts

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Pit-Orchestra

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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1914. Plate 21310.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2339.
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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate E. R. 2723.
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Introduction (No.2)

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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1916. Plate 54295.
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Introduction, Menuetto (No.2)

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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1916. Plate 21242.
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Caro Nome (Act I, Scene 6)

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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
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Act 3, No.13

Off-Stage Banda

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Vocal Scores

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Blanchette, n.d.[1851].
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Arranger Luigi Truzzi (1799-1864) uncredited
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Publisher. Info. London: Novello: Ewer & Co., n.d.[1872].
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Feduol (2017/2/4)

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Language Russian / Italian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Gutheil, 1888. Plate 4520.
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Carolus (2010/12/31)

Arranger Luigi Truzzi (1799-1864) uncredited
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Translator Édouard Duprez (1804-1879), French text uncredited
Publisher. Info. Paris: Léon Grus, n.d.[1884]. Plate L.G. 3681.
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Feduol (2010/5/31)

Arranger Luigi Truzzi (1799-1864) uncredited
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Language Italian / English
Translator Natalia Macfarren (1826–1916), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, 1902. Plate 15959.
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Arranger Luigi Truzzi (1799-1864) uncredited
Language Russian / Italian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1925). Plate M. 971 Г.
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Feduol (2022/3/3)

Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Stray Leaves from the Opera, No.4
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Morel (2020/6/8)

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Translator Édouard Duprez (1804-1879), French text
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.133
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1913.
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TJ Busse (2010/12/31)

Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, 1913.
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Lucas-coelho (2020/12/29)

Arranger Antonio Tornaghi (fl.1841-1870), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. O Brasil Musical, No.148
Rio de Janeiro: Filippone & Cia., n.d. Plate 634.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Violin and Orchestra or Piano (Melchiori)

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Ivanov (2008/7/29)

Arranger Antonio Melchiori (1827–1897)
Publisher. Info. Milano: Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1853). Plate 25079–82.
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For 2 Violins (Melchiori)

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Arranger Antonio Melchiori (1827–1897)
Publisher. Info. Milano: Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1853). Plate 25083.
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Arranger Luigi Truzzi (1799-1864) uncredited
Publisher. Info. Milano: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 42221.
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Aria: Tutte le feste al tempio (Act II, No.10)

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Quartet: 'Un dì se ben rammentomi' (Act III, No.12)

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Feduol (2020/10/16)

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Publisher. Info. Carl Fischer's Theatre Orchestra Edition, No.287
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For Violin, Cello and Piano (Saenger)

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Arranger Gustav Saenger (1865-1935)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1909. Plate 12246-13.
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For Harp and Piano (Thomas)

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Arranger John Thomas (1826-1913)
Publisher. Info. Six Gems from Verdi's Operas, No.5
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For Guitar (Gardana)

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Arranger Enea Gardana (1843-1901)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 39315.
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Arranger Luis Toribio Romero (1854-1893)
Publisher. Info. San Francisco: L. Budd. Rosenberger, 1889.
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La donna e mobile (Act III, No.17)

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For Voice and Guitar (Weiland)

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Arranger Francis Weiland (fl. 1839-1860)
Publisher. Info. Guitarist's Repertoire, No.2
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Arranger Charles Arthur Rawlings (1857-1919)
Publisher. Info. English Concertina Music, Book 6, p.20
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For Piano (Gobbaerts)

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Quartet: 'Bella figlia dell'amore' (Act III, No.18)

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Librettos

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Publisher. Info. I Grandi de L'Opera, Vol.3a No.1
Novara: De Agostini, 1989.
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General Information

Work Title Rigoletto
Alternative. Title Melodramma in tre atti
Name Translations 弄臣; 리골레토; Рыгалета; ריגולטו; リゴレット; Ριγκολέττο; ريغوليتو; Риголетто; Ռիգոլետտո; Rigoleto; Риголето; Ріґолетто; რიგოლეტო; ریگلتو; rigoletto; Riqoletto; ريجوليتو; Րիկոլեթօ
Name Aliases 女心の歌; Questa o quella; La donna e mobile; Rigolette; Риголетто (опера); Ριγολέττος; Viscardello
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177752833; LCCN: n82152343; GND: 300166222; SELIBR: 169712; BNF: 13920581r
Composer Verdi, Giuseppe
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGV 25
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Act I
1. Scene 1
a. Prelude
b. Della mia bella incognita borghese
c. Questa o quella per me pari sono
2. Scenes 2-6
a. Partite?... Crudele!
b. Gran nuova! Gran nuova!
c. Ch'io gli parli
d. Oh tu che la festa audace hai turbato
3. Scene 7
a. Quel vecchio maledivami!... Signor?
4. Scenes 8-11
a. Pari siamo!… io la lingua, egli ha il pugnale
b. Figlia!… Mio padre!
c. Deh, non parlare al misero
d. Veglia, o donna, questo fiore
5. Scene 12
a. Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi
b. È il sol dell'anima, la vita è amore
d. Che m'ami, deh, ripetimi
e. Addio… speranza ed anima
6. Scenes 13-14
a. Gualtier Maldè!... Caro nome che il mio cor
b. È là… Miratela
7. Scene 15
a. Riedo!… perché?
b. Zitti, zitti, muoviamo a vendetta
c. Soccorso, padre mio!
Act II
8. Scenes 1-2
a. Ella mi fu rapita!
b. Parmi veder le lagrime
a. Duca, Duca!... Ebben?
b. Scorrendo uniti remota via
c. Possente amor mi chiama
9. Scenes 3-5
a. Povero Rigoletto!
b. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
10. Scenes 5-8
a. Mio padre!... Dio! Mia Gilda!
b. Tutte le feste al tempio
c. Compiuto pur quanto a fare mi resta
d. Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendetta
Act III
11. Scenes 1-2
a. E l'ami?... Sempre
b. La donna è mobile
c. È là il vostr'uomo
12. Scene 3
a. Un dì, se ben rammentomi
b. Bella figlia dell'amore
c. M'odi, ritorna a casa
13. Scenes 4-6
a. Venti scudi hai tu detto?
b. Maddalena, aspettate
c. La donna è mobile (2)
d. È amabile in vero cotal
e. Somiglia un Apollo quel giovine
f. Tempesta
14. Scenes 7-10
a. Della vendetta alfin giunge l'istante!
b. Mezzanotte
c. La donna è mobile (3)
d. Chi è mai, chi è qui in sua vece?
e. V'ho ingannato... colpevole fui
First Performance. 1851-03-11 in Venice, Teatro La Fenice
Soli, Chorus, Orchestra, Gaetano Mares (conductor)
First Publication. 1851
Librettist Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876)
after Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Roles
Il Duca di Mantova (tenor)
Rigoletto, buffone di Corte (baritone)
Gilda, figlia di Rigoletto (soprano)
Sparafucile, bravo (basso)
Maddalena, sua sorella (contralto)
Giovanna, custode di Gilda (mezzo-soprano)
Il Conte di Monterone (baritone)
Marullo, cavaliere (baritono)
Matteo Borsa, cortigiano (tenor)
Il Conte di Ceprano (basso)
La Contessa, sua sposa (mezzo-soprano)
Usciere di Corte (basso)
Paggio della Duchessa (mezzo-soprano)

Chorus

Cavalieri, Dame, Paggi, Alabardieri

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings
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