Verdi - Rigoletto - Quilico, Pavarotti - Levine 1981Rigoletto - Louis Quilico, Gilda - Christiane Eda-Pierre, Duke of Mantua - Luciano Pavarotti, Maddalena - Isola Jones, Sparafucile - Ara Berberian, Monterone - Richard J. Clark, Borsa - Charles Anthony, Marullo - John Darrenkamp, Count Ceprano - Norman Andersson, Countess Ceprano - Betsy Norden, Giovanna - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David, Page - Nadyne Brewer, Guard - Paul De Paola
Conductor - James Levine
Luciano Pavarotti is the elegant, reckless Duke of Mantua whose betrayal of the innocent Gilda (Christiane Eda-Pierre) leads to a tragic ending. Louis Quilico plays Rigoletto, the court jester and Gilda’s father, who has dedicated his life to keeping his daughter away from the Duke—only to have her sacrifice her own life for the villainous nobleman. James Levine’s conducting brings out the scorching drama in Verdi’s unforgettable score.
