Rigoletto  1916/7*


Duca    Carlo Broccardi
Rigoletto    Giuseppe Danise
Gilda    Olga Simzis
Sparafucile    Vincenzo Bettoni
Maddalena    Nelda Garrone
Giovanna    Nelda Garrone
Monterone    Luigi Bertera
Marullo    Napoleone Limonta
Borsa    Giuseppe Sala
Ceprano    Enrico Bertera
Contessa    Nelda Garrone
Usciere    Flavio Riganti
Paggio    Renata Pezzati
 
Conductor    Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
 
Labels HMV La Voce del Padrone, 9x12` discs, S 5544/8, 5552/4, 5558/64 (even numbers only), plus 8x10` discs, R 5543, 5549/57, 5561/3 (odd numbers only) [side 9, Badini/Simzis, `Deh non parlare`, s 21, Badini/Pezzati, `La-ra, la-ra`, s 23, Simzis/Badini, `Mio padre!`, s 29, Broccardi/Pezzati/Badini/Simzis, `Bella figlia dell‘amore`, s 33, Badini/Fernandez/Broccardi, `Della vendetta alfin`, s 34, Simzis/Badini, `Lassu in ciel` - all recorded in 1917 to replace rejected takes recorded in 1916 with the first cast], House of Opera AE 301 (The First Opera Sets CD-ROM)
 
Sources AE 301 -- Parsons 1990:550, Pugliese 1973:1015 (Pezzati in Quartet 4th act only) [Rigoletto: Danise alternating with Ernesto Badini, Gilda: Simzis alternating with Ayres Borghi Zerni, Sparafucile: Bettoni alternating with Guido Fernandez, Maddalena: Garrone alternating with Renata Pezzati, Monterone, Ceprano: Bertera alternating with Vincenzo Bettoni], private communication by Adam Jasiewicz
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