Verdi: Rigoletto
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COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: DG
ALBUM TITLE: Rigoletto
WORKS: Rigoletto
PERFORMER: Carlo Bergonzi, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renata Scotto; La Scala Chorus & Orchestra/Rafael Kubelík
CATALOGUE NO: 477 5608
Fischer-Dieskau finds an unexpected tenderness in Verdi’s bitter jester and Carlo Bergonzi is one of the most stylish Dukes on record. Only Scotto as Gilda fails to please – more matron than maid. Christopher Cook