Verdi: Rigoletto

Verdi: Rigoletto

Movie 1981-12-15 2h 5m

The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor. From sumptuous interiors, we move to a dark street, a lonely inn. The secondary figures are astutely counterpoised: the plotting courtiers against the plotting Sparafucile and Maddalena (also ambiguously tender-hearted). When Rigoletto says "Pari siamo", he could be expressing the motto of the whole work: the beautiful and the ugly can be equally good, equally evil.

Status
Released
Studio
Country
United States of America
Language
Italian
Cast
Louis Quilico Louis Quilico Rigoletto
Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti Il Duca di Mantua
Christiane Eda-Pierre Christiane Eda-Pierre Gilda
Ara Berberian Ara Berberian Sparafucile
Isola Jones Isola Jones Maddalena John Darrenkamp John Darrenkamp Marullo
Batyah Godfrey Batyah Godfrey Giovanna
Betsy Norden Betsy Norden Countess Ceprano
Norman Andersson Norman Andersson Count Ceprano
Charles Anthony Charles Anthony Borsa Richard J. Clark Richard J. Clark Monterone James Levine James Levine Self - Conductor
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