Opera in 3 acts. Title from disc label. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Nadine Sierra, soprano (Gilda) ; Oksana Volkova, contralto (Maddalena) ; Francesco Demuro, tenor (The Duke of Mantua) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone (Rigoletto) ; Andrea Mastroni, bass (Sparafucile) ; Men of the Kaunas State Choir ; Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra ; Constantine Orbelian, conductor. Recorded 2016 July 1-9 Kaunas Philharmonic, Lithuania. Booklet with program notes and biographical notes on the performers in English, and libretto in Italian with English translation (99 pages : portraits) included. Duration: approximately 2 hr., 7 min., 4 sec.
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