Rigoletto 1971: #11 Schiudete, ire al carcere. Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes

[Beth29252]

Absolutely outstanding recording, not just this duet but everything else on the recording too. Brilliant singing here from Milnes and especially Sutherland.

[zegermans750]

Holy shit that last note

[leadoffeohippus]

Who is the singer at the beginning? Which character in the show is it?

[tamitinuviel]

i don't know the singer, but the character is the count of monterone, whos daughter was seduced/raped by the duke and whom rigoletto laughed at in act one. he's the one that cursed rigoletto and who's words haunt him into having his daughter (accidently) killed in the end

[JDOopera76]

the 1st character heard in this clip is a page, not Monterone :)

[leadoffeohippus]

On wikipedia it says that the page is a mezzo-soprano part. It seems there are two singers, first a tenor, then a baritone at around :15. They're both really good, which is why I was wondering who was singing, etc.

[JDOopera76]

Sorry, I messed up...the Herald is the 1st character in this clip, to present Monterone...the page appears before "tutte le feste" :)

[piasecznik]

@JDOopera76 The page appears mostly during Rigoletto's scene "La ra la ra...Ah! Ella è qui dunque!".

[xav71176]

The baritone (or bass-baritone) is Count Monterone's part, going to prison.

[BassoNero]

I think Count of Monterone is sung by Clifford Grant.

[kolorbassz]

:)Csodálatos!!!

[patrick96321]

Just a note for other readers: Csodálatos is Hungarian for wondrous, fine, amazing.

[patrick96321]

by Giuseppe Verdi (libretto by Francesco Maria Piave)

This 1971 studio recording is with Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the London Symphony Chorus, with conductor Richard Bonynge (husband of soprano Joan Sutherland).

Principal cast:

Joan Sutherland, soprano: Gilda

Luciano Pavarotti, tenor: the Duke of Mantua

Sherrill Milnes, baritone: Rigoletto