Description |
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; sound formats: DTS 5-1, Dolby digital 5.1 PCM stereo.; picture format: 4:3; region code 0 (worldwide). |
Note |
Opera in three acts. |
Performer |
Plácido Domingo (Il Duca di Mantova) ; Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto) ; Ileana Cotrubas (Gilda) ; Justino Díaz (Sparafucile) ; Isola Jones (Maddalena) ; Ariel Bybee (Giovanna) ; John Cheek (Il Conte di Monterone) ; supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. |
Credits |
Set and costume design, Tanya Moiseiwitsch ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler. |
Event |
Live telecast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Nov. 7, 1977. |
Note |
Bonus features: interviews with Ilena Cotrubas, James Levine, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil; picture gallery ("Rigoletto") at the Met. |
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Program notes by by Kenneth Chalmers in English with French translations and synopsis in English and French (18 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
Contents |
Also features : interviews with Ilena Cotrubas, James Levine, Plácido Domingo & Cornell MacNeil ; picture gallery ("Rigoletto") at the Met. |
Language |
Sung in Italian with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, and Chinese; interviews in English. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Operas.
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Added Author |
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer.
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MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011. Performer.
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Cotrubas, Ileana. Performer.
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Díaz, Justino. Performer.
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Jones, Isola. Performer.
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Bybee, Ariel. Performer.
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Cheek, John. Performer.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor.
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Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist.
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Dexter, John. Production personnel.
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Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008. Director.
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Moiseiwitsch, Tanya, 1914-2003. Designer.
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Wechsler, Gil. Designer.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Standard No. |
044007309391 |
Music No. |
B0002696-09 Deutsche Grammophon |
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