Bella figlia dell'amore - Sayao, Glaz, Morelli, Kiepura; Halasz

One of the greatest opera bloopers, this performance of "Bella figlia dell'amore (the Quartet from Rigoletto) from April 1940 features soprano Bidu Sayao as Gilda, Herta Glaz as Maddalena, Jan Kiepura as the Duke and Carlo Morelli as Rigoletto. Laszlo Halasz, the founder of the New York City Opera, conducts.

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[TsarBovov]

Sayao is the one that ruins it. She is the first one to miss her cue and keeps failing.

[GrandTierBox]

@TsarBovov It's the mezzo-soprano singing Maddalena who come in much too early and who starts the chain reaction of problems. The lyrics are: Bella figlia dell'amore, Schiavo son dei vezzi tuoi; Con un detto sol tu puoi Le mie pene consolar. Vieni e senti del mio core Il frequente palpitar. MADDALENA: Ah! ah! rido ben di core, chè tai baie costan poco; GILDA: Ah! così parlar d'amore MADDALENA: Quanto valga il vostro gioco, mel credete, sò apprezzar. GILDA: A me pur l'infame ho udito!

[GrandTierBox]

@TsarBovov It's the mezzo-soprano singing Maddalena who come in much too early and who starts the chain reaction of problems.

[TsarBovov]

@GrandTierBox Ah OK. You are completely right. Thanks for correcting.