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Rigoletto

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Verdi's three-act opera, sung in JAMES FENTON'S English translation of F. M. piave's original libretto.
Records of ENO's production, which moved the action to New York's Little Italy in the 1950s. (tenor) (ten) (baritone) (bar) (bass) (baritone) (bass) (sop) (mezzo) (soprano) (bass) (mezzo-soprano)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA/ MARK ELDER. Records

Contributors

'Duke', a Mafia boss:
Arthur Davies
Borsa:
Terry Jenkins
Rigoletto, a barman:
John Rawnsley
Marullo:
Alan Opie
Ceprano:
Mark Richardson
Monterone:
Norman Bailey
Sparafucile, an assassin:
John Tomlinson
Gilda:
Helen Field
Giovanna:
Shelagh Squires
Secretary:
Linda Rands
Henchman:
Maurice Bowen
Maddaleha:
Jean Rigby
Source: Radio Times

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