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[Met Performance] CID:158390
Rigoletto
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 22, 1951
Rigoletto (312)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Review 1:
Review of James Hinton Jr. in Musical America
Two leading singers took on familiar assignments for the first time in the Metropolitan?s new production of ?Rigoletto? - Lily Pons as Gilda and Giuseppe di Stefano as the Duke. Miss Pons, as in her seasonal debut in ?Lucia di Lammermoor,? looked attractive and moved with grace and assurance, if not always in accord with Herbert Graf?s stage direction. Her singing, too, was assured, although not frequently tonally attractive. She attacked the coloratura passages with spirit and vocalized them cleanly, slowing down the tempos to be sure of the notes. Her pitch was generally accurate except on tones at or above high C, which were usually flat.
Mr. Di Stefano looked a little on the lumpy side in his Renaissance costume and did not act with much point or snap. His voice sounded extremely well except when he squeezed it over the pitch, but he did not seem entirely sure of the notes.
The rest of the cast was familiar ? Leonard Warren, Nicola Moscona (in splendid voice), Norman Scott, Thelma Votipka, Jean Madeira, and a standard lineup of courtiers. Alberto Erede conducted.
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Rigoletto
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 22, 1951
Rigoletto (312)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
- Rigoletto
- Leonard Warren
- Gilda
- Lily Pons
- Duke of Mantua
- Giuseppe Di Stefano
- Maddalena
- Jean Madeira
- Sparafucile
- Nicola Moscona
- Monterone
- Norman Scott
- Borsa
- Alessio De Paolis
- Marullo
- George Cehanovsky
- Count Ceprano
- Lawrence Davidson
- Countess Ceprano
- Anne Bollinger
- Giovanna
- Thelma Votipka
- Page
- Margaret Roggero
- Guard
- Algerd Brazis
- Conductor
- Alberto Erede
Review 1:
Review of James Hinton Jr. in Musical America
Two leading singers took on familiar assignments for the first time in the Metropolitan?s new production of ?Rigoletto? - Lily Pons as Gilda and Giuseppe di Stefano as the Duke. Miss Pons, as in her seasonal debut in ?Lucia di Lammermoor,? looked attractive and moved with grace and assurance, if not always in accord with Herbert Graf?s stage direction. Her singing, too, was assured, although not frequently tonally attractive. She attacked the coloratura passages with spirit and vocalized them cleanly, slowing down the tempos to be sure of the notes. Her pitch was generally accurate except on tones at or above high C, which were usually flat.
Mr. Di Stefano looked a little on the lumpy side in his Renaissance costume and did not act with much point or snap. His voice sounded extremely well except when he squeezed it over the pitch, but he did not seem entirely sure of the notes.
The rest of the cast was familiar ? Leonard Warren, Nicola Moscona (in splendid voice), Norman Scott, Thelma Votipka, Jean Madeira, and a standard lineup of courtiers. Alberto Erede conducted.
Search by season: 1951-52
Search by title: Rigoletto,
Met careers
- Alberto Erede [Conductor]
- Leonard Warren [Rigoletto]
- Lily Pons [Gilda]
- Giuseppe Di Stefano [Duke of Mantua]
- Jean Madeira [Maddalena]
- Nicola Moscona [Sparafucile]
- Norman Scott [Monterone]
- Alessio De Paolis [Borsa]
- George Cehanovsky [Marullo]
- Lawrence Davidson [Count Ceprano]
- Anne Bollinger [Countess Ceprano]
- Thelma Votipka [Giovanna]
- Margaret Roggero [Page]
- Algerd Brazis [Guard]