Opis:

Sadler’s Wells Opera
present

RIGOLETTO

(Verdi-Piave)
English translation by Edward J. Dent
(HIGHLIGHTS IN ENGLISH)
with
PETER GLOSSOP
(Rigoletto)

DONALD SMITH ELIZABETH HARWOOD
(The Duke) (Gilda)

MAUREEN GUY DONALD Mc|NTYRE
(Maddalena) (Monterone)

JOHN CHORLEY CHARLES DRAPER
(Borsa) (Usher)

THE SADLERS WELLS CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
(Chorus Master: David Tod Boyd)
Conductor: JAMES LOCKHART
Recording supervised by NORMAN NEWELL

SIDE ONE

ACT I

1. PRELUDE. INTRODUCTION. SHALL I BIND ME (Questa o quella)
John Chorley & Donald Smith

2. DUET—LOVE TO THE HEART (E il sol dell’anima)
Elizabeth Harwood & Donald Smith

3. AH. HOW DEAR TO ME THAT NAME (Caro nome)
Elizabeth Harwood & Chorus

ACT II

4. CHORUS OF COURTIERS
Donald Smith & Chorus

5. VILE RACE OF COURTIERS (Cortigiani)
Peter Glossop

SIDE TWO

1. DUET—ON EVERY SUNDAY MORNING (Tutte le feste al tempio)
Peter Glossop, Elizabeth Harwood, Charles Draper, Donald Mclntyre & Chorus

ACT III

2. WAYWARD AS THISTLEDOWN (La donna é mobile)
Donald Smith

3. QUARTET—WHY NEED YOU BE SO COY?
Donald Smith, Maureen Guy, Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Glossop

4. FINAL DUET—TWAS MY OWN FAULT
Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Glossop