# Rigoletto discography

This is a list of recordings of Rigoletto, an 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.

## Recordings

| Year | Cast (Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua, Gilda, Sparafucile, Maddalena) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |