Verdi: Rigoletto
Leonard Warren, Jussi Bjorling, Bidu Sayao, Norman Condon, Martha Lipton
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Cesare Sodero
This performance marked the return of Björling to the Met after a wartime break of four years spent mostly in his native Sweden. And what a return it was: at 34 he was at the absolute peak of... — More…
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Verdi: Rigoletto, Act I
- Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Martha Lipton, Thelma Altman, George Cehanovsky
- Metropolitan Opera
- Cesare Sodero
Prelude
Della mia bella incognita (Duke, Borsa)
Ballata: Questa o quella (Duke)
Verdi: Rigoletto, Act II
- Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Martha Lipton, Thelma Altman, George Cehanovsky
- Metropolitan Opera
- Cesare Sodero
Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime (Duke)
Duca, duca? (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers)
Povero Rigoletto! (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Page)
Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III
- Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Martha Lipton, Thelma Altman, George Cehanovsky
- Metropolitan Opera
- Cesare Sodero
E l'ami? - Sempre (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile)
La donna e mobile...E la il vostruomo... (Duke, Sparafucile)
Un di, se ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell' amore (Duke, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto)