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[Met Performance] CID:158320
Rigoletto
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 16, 1951
Rigoletto (311)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Review 1:
Review of Ross Parmenter in The New York Times
PRANDELLI?S SECOND ROLE
Opera?s New Tenor is Duke in Verdi?s ?Rigoletto?
Giacinto Prandelli, Italian tenor, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut last month as Alfredo in ?La Traviata,? sang his second role at the Broadway house last night when he appeared as the Duke in the season?s sixth performance of Verdi?s ?Rigoletto.?
He confirmed the good impression of his earlier appearance, for he sang the part of the pleasure-loving Duke with lightness and grace. He moved easily on the stage and in his impersonation the Duke was always well-bred despite his roistering habits. His singing was always musical in sound and he had the technical skill to negotiate his difficult arias with an engaging sense of effortlessness.
The performance was for the benefit of the Shorefront Chapter of the Brooklyn Hadassah. The other members of the cast had all sung their respective roles earlier this season. Roberta Peters, who substituted for Genevieve Warner as Gilda, in a prior performance, substituted this time for Patrice Munsel. Leonard Warren had the title role.
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Rigoletto
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 16, 1951
Rigoletto (311)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
- Rigoletto
- Leonard Warren
- Gilda
- Roberta Peters
- Duke of Mantua
- Giacinto Prandelli
- Maddalena
- Nell Rankin
- Sparafucile
- Alois Pernerstorfer
- Monterone
- Norman Scott
- Borsa
- Paul Franke
- Marullo
- George Cehanovsky
- Count Ceprano
- Lawrence Davidson
- Countess Ceprano
- Lucine Amara
- Giovanna
- Thelma Votipka
- Page
- Margaret Roggero
- Guard
- Algerd Brazis
- Conductor
- Alberto Erede
Review 1:
Review of Ross Parmenter in The New York Times
PRANDELLI?S SECOND ROLE
Opera?s New Tenor is Duke in Verdi?s ?Rigoletto?
Giacinto Prandelli, Italian tenor, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut last month as Alfredo in ?La Traviata,? sang his second role at the Broadway house last night when he appeared as the Duke in the season?s sixth performance of Verdi?s ?Rigoletto.?
He confirmed the good impression of his earlier appearance, for he sang the part of the pleasure-loving Duke with lightness and grace. He moved easily on the stage and in his impersonation the Duke was always well-bred despite his roistering habits. His singing was always musical in sound and he had the technical skill to negotiate his difficult arias with an engaging sense of effortlessness.
The performance was for the benefit of the Shorefront Chapter of the Brooklyn Hadassah. The other members of the cast had all sung their respective roles earlier this season. Roberta Peters, who substituted for Genevieve Warner as Gilda, in a prior performance, substituted this time for Patrice Munsel. Leonard Warren had the title role.
Search by season: 1951-52
Search by title: Rigoletto,
Met careers
- Alberto Erede [Conductor]
- Leonard Warren [Rigoletto]
- Roberta Peters [Gilda]
- Giacinto Prandelli [Duke of Mantua]
- Nell Rankin [Maddalena]
- Alois Pernerstorfer [Sparafucile]
- Norman Scott [Monterone]
- Paul Franke [Borsa]
- George Cehanovsky [Marullo]
- Lawrence Davidson [Count Ceprano]
- Lucine Amara [Countess Ceprano]
- Thelma Votipka [Giovanna]
- Margaret Roggero [Page]
- Algerd Brazis [Guard]