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Rigoletto
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, March 21, 1959
Debut : Cornell MacNeil
Rigoletto (390)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
- Rigoletto
- Cornell MacNeil [Debut]
- Gilda
- Laurel Hurley
- Duke of Mantua
- Barry Morell
- Maddalena
- Rosalind Elias
- Sparafucile
- William Wilderman
- Monterone
- Norman Scott
- Borsa
- Gabor Carelli
- Marullo
- Calvin Marsh
- Count Ceprano
- George Cehanovsky
- Countess Ceprano
- Madelaine Chambers
- Giovanna
- Mignon Dunn
- Page
- Mildred Allen
- Guard
- Louis Sgarro
- Conductor
- Fausto Cleva
Review 1:
Review of Eric Saltzman in The N. Y. Times
Sometimes an artist can plug along year in and year out without any breaks. Then, with a whoosh, he'll go right to the top. Cornell MacNeil, Minneapolis-born baritone, has just taken that dizzying ride. On March 5 the thirty-four-year-old singer made his successful European debut at La Scala in Milan, and Saturday night he made an unexpected but equally well received Metropolitan debut in the title role of Verdi's "Rigoletto."
Mr. MacNeil came through superbly. When he cut loose, the rafters trembled. But he did not forget to sing softly and lyrically. Only in the big scene in Act III, beginning "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata," were there any signs of strain or pushing.
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- Fausto Cleva [Conductor]
- Cornell MacNeil [Rigoletto]
- Laurel Hurley [Gilda]
- Barry Morell [Duke of Mantua]
- Rosalind Elias [Maddalena]
- William Wilderman [Sparafucile]
- Norman Scott [Monterone]
- Gabor Carelli [Borsa]
- Calvin Marsh [Marullo]
- George Cehanovsky [Count Ceprano]
- Madelaine Chambers [Countess Ceprano]
- Mignon Dunn [Giovanna]
- Mildred Allen [Page]
- Louis Sgarro [Guard]