| 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.; full screen (4:3); region code 0 (worldwide). |
| Note |
Opera in three acts. |
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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 pages : ports.) inserted in container. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, and Chinese; interviews in English. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Opera films.
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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- 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- 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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