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!Year
!Cast
(Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua,
Gilda, Sparafucile, Maddalena)
!Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
!Label[[http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVERIGO.HTM Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk]] |
| 1915–18
|Antonio Armentano Anticorona,
Fernando De Lucia,
Angela de Angelis,
Luis Muñoz,
Vida Ferluga
|Salvatore Sassano
San Carlo orchestra and chorus, Naples
|LP: Phonotype |
| 1916
|Cesare Formichi,
Giuseppe Taccani,
Ines Maria Ferraris,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
G Caiani
|Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|LP: Columbia Records
Cat: D 17732-17747[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto Lorenzo Molajoli|url=http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLCUMOLA.HTM#1|website=operadis opera discography site|accessdate=18 August 2018}}] |
| 1917
|Giuseppe Danise,
Carlo Broccardi,
Ayres Borghi-Zerni,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
Nelda Garrone
|Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|LP: Bongiovanni
Cat: GB 1024[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto Carlo Sabajno|url=http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLCUSABA.HTM#4|website=operadis opera discography site|accessdate=18 August 2018}}] |
| 1927–28
|Luigi Piazza,
Tino Folgar,
Lina Pagliughi,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Vera de Christoff
|Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|CD: Radiex
Cat: RXC1113-14 |
| 1927
|Riccardo Stracciari,
Dino Borgioli,
Mercedes Capsir,
Ernesto Dominici,
Anna Masetti-Bassi
|Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|LP: Columbia Records
Cat: GQX 10028-10042
CD: Aura Music
Cat: LRC 11099-2 |
| 1935
|Lawrence Tibbett,
Frederick Jagel (act 1) /
Jan Kiepura (act 2),
Lily Pons,
Virgilio Lazzari,
Helen Olheim
|Ettore Panizza
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110020-1[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/77104272-eb58-4039-a8f5-cbda7d63fbe7|website=musicbrainz.org|accessdate=18 August 2018}}] |
| 1944
|Heinrich Schlusnus,
Helge Rosvaenge,
Erna Berger,
Josef Greindl,
Margarete Klose
|Robert Heger,
Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus
(performed in German translation)
|LP: Heliodor
Cat: 2700 702
CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: 0033002 BC |
| 1945
|Jussi Björling,
Leonard Warren
Bidu Sayão,
Norman Cordon,
Martha Lipton
|Cesare Sodero
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110051-52 |
| 1950
|Leonard Warren,
Jan Peerce,
Erna Berger,
Italo Tajo,
Nan Merriman
|Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
|LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: AVM2-0698
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 88883729002 |
| 1950
|Josef Metternich,
Rudolf Schock,
Rita Streich,
Wilhelm Lang,
Margarete Klose
|Ferenc Fricsay,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
RIAS Kammerchor
|CD: Myto Records
Cat: 945111 |
| 1952
|Piero Campolonghi,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Alberto Herrera,
Gilberto Cerda
|Umberto Mugnai,
Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus
|LP: Melodram
Cat: MEL 405
CD: Mondo Musica
Cat: MMO 91112 |
| 1954
|Giuseppe Taddei,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Lina Pagliughi,
Giulio Neri,
Irma Colasanti
|Angelo Questa
RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorus
|CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 8573 82647-2 |
| 1954
|Aldo Protti,
Mario Del Monaco,
Hilde Gueden,
Cesare Siepi,
Giulietta Simionato
|Alberto Erede
Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
|CD: Decca
Cat: 440242 |
| 1955
|Tito Gobbi,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Nicola Zaccaria,
Adriana Lazzarini
|Tullio Serafin,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 747469 |
| 1956
|Robert Merrill,
Jussi Björling,
Roberta Peters,
Giorgio Tozzi,
Anna Maria Rota
|Jonel Perlea,
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
|LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VIC-6041
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60172-2-RG[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto Jonel Perlea|url=https://www.discogs.com/Peters-Bjoerling-Merrill-Tozzi-Rome-Opera-House-Orchestra-and-Chorus-Jonel-Perlea-Rigoletto/master/519581|website=discogs.com site|accessdate=18 August 2018}}] |
| 1960
|Ettore Bastianini,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto
|Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus
|CD: >BMG Classics-Ricordi
Cat: 74321 68779 2 |
| 1961
|Cornell MacNeil,
Renato Cioni,
Joan Sutherland,
Cesare Siepi,
Stefania Malagu
|Nino Sanzogno,
Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
|CD: Decca
Cat: 443 853-2 |
| 1961
|Cornell MacNeil,
Gianni Raimondi,
Leyla Gencer,
Jorge Algorta,
Carmen Burello
|Argeo Quadri,
Buenos Aires Philharmonic and Chorus
|CD: Myto Records
Cat: 3225 |
| 1963
|Robert Merrill,
Alfredo Kraus,
Anna Moffo,
Ezio Flagello,
Rosalind Elias
|Georg Solti,
RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus
|LP: RCA Red Seal
Cat: LSC-7027
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 88875073425 |
| 1963
|Nicolae Herlea,
Ion Buzea,
Magda Ianculescu,
Nicolae Rafael,
Dorothea Palade
|Jean Bobescu,
Romanian Opera Bucharest orchestra and chorus
|CD: VOXBOX
Cat: CDX5162 |
| 1964
|Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Renata Scotto,
Ivo Vinco,
Fiorenza Cossotto
|Rafael Kubelík,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 5608 |
| 1967
|Cornell MacNeil,
Nicolai Gedda,
Reri Grist,
Agostino Ferrin,
Anna di Stasio
|Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
|CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3932822 |
| 1971
|Sherrill Milnes,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Joan Sutherland,
Martti Talvela,
Huguette Tourangeau
|Richard Bonynge,
London Symphony Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
|CD: Decca
Cat: 414-269-2 |
| 1977
|Rolando Panerai,
Franco Bonisolli,
Margherita Rinaldi,
Bengt Rundgren,
Viorica Cortez
| Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Staatskapelle Dresden
State Opera Dresden Chorus
|CD: Arts Music
Cat: 43073;
DVD: Encore
Cat: 2022 |
| 1977
|Cornell MacNeil,
Plácido Domingo,
Ileana Cotrubaș,
Justino Díaz,
Isola Jones
|James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Production: John Dexter)
|DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 0930;
Met Opera on Demand[[https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357011577 "Rigoletto" (7 November 1977)], Met Opera on Demand; [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=251290 "CID:251290"], Met Opera Archive.] |
| 1978
|Sherrill Milnes,
Alfredo Kraus,
Beverly Sills,
Samuel Ramey,
Mignon Dunn
|Julius Rudel,
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Chorus
|CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CMS 5 66037-2 |
| 1979
|Piero Cappuccilli,
Plácido Domingo,
Ileana Cotrubaș,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Elena Obraztsova
|Carlo Maria Giulini,
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Chorus
|CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 753-2 |
| 1981
|Louis Quilico,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Christiane Eda-Pierre,
Ara Berberian,
Isola Jones
|James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera
(Production: John Dexter)
(Performance of 15 December)
|Streaming SD video
Met Opera on Demand[[https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357013472 "Rigoletto" (15 December 1981)], Met Opera on Demand; [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=266930 "CID:266930"], Met Opera Archive.] |
| 1982
|Ingvar Wixell,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Edita Gruberová,
Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Victoria Vergara
|Riccardo Chailly,
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Chorus
(film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle)
|DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 4166 7[[https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/cat/0734166 Rigoletto], Deutsche Grammophon]
DVD: Decca
Cat: 071401 |
| 1984
|Renato Bruson,
Neil Shicoff,
Edita Gruberová,
Robert Lloyd,
Brigitte Fassbaender
|Giuseppe Sinopoli,
Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
|CD: Decca
Cat: 470 437-2 |
| 1985
|Bernd Weikl,
Giacomo Aragall,
Lucia Popp,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering,
Klara Takacs
|Lamberto Gardelli,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus
|CD: Eurodisc
Cat: 610 115
BMG-RCA
Cat: 74321 25286-2 |
| 1988
|Giorgio Zancanaro,
Vincenzo La Scola,
Daniela Dessì,
Paata Burchuladze,
Martha Senn
|Riccardo Muti,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7 49605-2 |
| 1989
|Leo Nucci,
Luciano Pavarotti,
June Anderson,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Shirley Verrett
|Riccardo Chailly,
Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus
|CD: Decca
Cat: 425 864-2 |
| 1993
|Vladimir Chernov,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Cheryl Studer,
Roberto Scandiuzzi,
Denyce Graves
|James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 447 064-2 |
| 1994
|Renato Bruson,
Roberto Alagna,
Andrea Rost,
Silvestro Sammaritano,
Mariana Pentcheva
|Riccardo Muti,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|CD: Sony Classical
Cat: S2K 66314 |
| 1999
|John Rawnsley,
Arthur Davies,
Helen Field,
John Tomlinson,
Jean Rigby
|Mark Elder,
English National Opera orchestra and chorus
|CD: Chandos
Cat: CHAN 3030[{{cite web|title=Verdi: Rigoletto Vocal & Song Opera in English Opera In English|url=https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%203030|accessdate=26 December 2017}}] |
| 2001
|Leo Nucci,
Aquiles Machado,
Inva Mula,
Mario Luperi,
Milena Josipovic
|Marcello Viotti,
Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus
(Stage director:Charles Roubaud)
|DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 107096[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto Verona|url=http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=107096|website=Naxos.com|accessdate=15 June 2014}}] |
| 2002
|Paolo Gavanelli,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Christine Schäfer,
Eric Halfvarson,
Graciela Araya
|Edward Downes,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: David McVicar)
|DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA0829D |
| 2004
|Carlos Álvarez,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Inva Mula,
Julian Konstantinov,
Nino Surguladze
|Jesús López Cobos,
Liceu orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Graham Vick)
|DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 107147[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto Liceu|url=http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=107147|website=Naxos.com}}] |
| 2006
|Leo Nucci,
Piotr Beczała,
Elena Moșuc,
László Polgár,
Katharina Peetz
|Nello Santi,
Zurich Opera orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Gilberto Deflo)
|DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 108057[{{cite web|title=Rigoletto Zurich|url=http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=108057|website=Naxos.com|accessdate=15 June 2014}}] |
| 2008
|Leo Nucci,
Francesco Demuro,
Nino Machaidze,
Marco Spotti,
Stefanie Irányi
|Massimo Zanetti,
Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Stefano Vizioli)
|DVD: C Major
Cat: 723208 |
| 2013
|Željko Lučić,
Piotr Beczała,
Diana Damrau,
Stefan Kocán,
Oksana Volkova
|Michele Mariotti,
Metropolitan Opera
(Production: Michael Mayer)
(Performance of 16 February)
|Streaming HD video
Met Opera on Demand[[https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357016022 "Rigoletto" (16 February 2013)], Met Opera on Demand; [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=354860 "CID:354860"], Met Opera Archive.] |
| 2015
|George Petean,
Saimir Pirgu,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
Andrea Mastroni,
Judith Schmid
|Fabio Luisi,
Orchestra and chorus of the Oper Zürich,
Tatjana Gürbaca, stage director
|DVD: Accentus MusicCat:PHR0203[{{cite web |title=Verdi: Rigoletto |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8052613--verdi-rigoletto |website=Presto Classical |accessdate=18 June 2020 |language=en}}] |
| 2017
|Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Francesco Demuro,
Nadine Sierra,
Andrea Mastroni,
Oksana Volkova
|Constantine Orbelian,
Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir
|DVD:Delos
Cat:DE3522 |
| 2019
|Vladimir Stoyanov,
Stephen Costello,
Mélissa Petit,
Miklós Sebestyén,
Katrin Wundsam
|Enrique Mazzola,
Wiener Symphoniker,
(Stage director: Philipp Stölzl)
|DVD:C Major
Cat: 751704 |
| 2022
|Quinn Kelsey,
Piotr Beczała,
Rosa Feola,
Andrea Mastroni,
Varduhi Abrahamyan
|Daniele Rustioni,
Metropolitan Opera
(Production: Bartlett Sher)
(Performance of 29 January)
|Streaming HD video
Met Opera on Demand[[https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=810004202627 "Rigoletto" (29 January 2022)], Met Opera on Demand; [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357568 "CID: 357568"], Met Opera Archive.] |