DVD-Y464 Verdi Rigoletto 1988 NY VIDEO
Product Description
Verdi
RIGOLETTO
RICHARD LEECH (Duke of Mantua) ROBERT BRUBAKER (Borsa) LISBETH LLOYD (Countess Ceprano) BRENT ELLIS (Rigoletto) WILLIAM LEDBETTER (Count Ceprano) RICHARD BYRNE (Marullo) MARK S. DOSS (Sparafucile) FAITH ESHAM (Gilda) CHRISTINE MEADOWS (Giovanna) BETH PENSIERO (A Page) SUSANNE MARSEE (Maddalena)
New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus
ELIO BONCOMPAGNI (Conductor) TITO CAPOBIANCO (Stage Director) KIRK BROWNING (Video Director) CARL TOMS (Sets/Costumes) KEN TABACHNICK (Lighting) ESPERANZA GALAN (Choreography)
Intermission Features: * Host Beverly Sills gives us a behind-the-curtain look at the scene change in Act I * Sills interviews Capobianco and Gigi Elena (assistant director) * Sills interviews principals Esham, Leech, and Ellis
Live Telecast New York City Opera New York, 21 September 1988
Sung in Italian - Subtitles in English Color - 4:3 fullscreen - 175 mins
Quality: Not that great. I blame the transfer (done at some point in the mid-1990s) from the original Beta tape to VHS using a by-then obsolete Beta player that was falling apart.
DOWNLOAD LINKS SHOULD NOT BE PASSED OUTSIDE THIS GROUP, PUBLISHED ON BLOGS OR PUBLISHED ON OTHER GROUPS BY ANY MEMBER OTHER THAN THE UPLOADER
Complete Opera (896MB):
RICHARD LEECH (Duke of Mantua) ROBERT BRUBAKER (Borsa) LISBETH LLOYD (Countess Ceprano) BRENT ELLIS (Rigoletto) WILLIAM LEDBETTER (Count Ceprano) RICHARD BYRNE (Marullo) MARK S. DOSS (Sparafucile) FAITH ESHAM (Gilda) CHRISTINE MEADOWS (Giovanna) BETH PENSIERO (A Page) SUSANNE MARSEE (Maddalena)
New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus
ELIO BONCOMPAGNI (Conductor) TITO CAPOBIANCO (Stage Director) KIRK BROWNING (Video Director) CARL TOMS (Sets/Costumes) KEN TABACHNICK (Lighting) ESPERANZA GALAN (Choreography)
Intermission Features: * Host Beverly Sills gives us a behind-the-curtain look at the scene change in Act I * Sills interviews Capobianco and Gigi Elena (assistant director) * Sills interviews principals Esham, Leech, and Ellis
Live Telecast New York City Opera New York, 21 September 1988
Sung in Italian - Subtitles in English Color - 4:3 fullscreen - 175 mins
Quality: Not that great. I blame the transfer (done at some point in the mid-1990s) from the original Beta tape to VHS using a by-then obsolete Beta player that was falling apart.
DOWNLOAD LINKS SHOULD NOT BE PASSED OUTSIDE THIS GROUP, PUBLISHED ON BLOGS OR PUBLISHED ON OTHER GROUPS BY ANY MEMBER OTHER THAN THE UPLOADER
Complete Opera (896MB):
