Verdi: Rigoletto

This 1956 Met performance is highly charged and magnificently cast, with Warren a most moving and strong Rigoletto. The sound is harsh and raw. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:03 pm

COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Andromeda
ALBUM TITLE: Verdi
WORKS: Rigoletto
PERFORMER: Tucker, Warren, Peters, Tozzi, Elias; Chorus & Orchesra of the New York Metropolitan/Fausto Cleva (1956)
CATALOGUE NO: ANDRCD 5078

This 1956 Met performance is highly charged and magnificently cast, with Warren a most moving and strong Rigoletto. The sound is harsh and raw. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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