Sony Classical is pleased to offer lovers of great singing classic complete opera sets from the LP era, all drawn from the incomparable RCA Victor catalogue and remastered from the original tapes to sound better than ever.

From 1964, we have Anna Moffo’s Gilda in Rigoletto, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Classicstoday wrote: “Moffo sings with great warmth and attention to the text … and in the end, she’s very touching … Robert Merrill’s Rigoletto is well sung, with exactly the type of Italianate sound Verdi wanted. Alfredo Kraus was in peak form and his Duke is by turns elegant, amorous, and biting … Recommended.”

The recording features Georg Solti conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, and features singers Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Alfredo Kraus, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello.

Artists

Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Anna Moffo (Gilda), Alfredo Kraus (Il Duca), Ezio Flagello (Sparafucile), Rosalind Elias (Maddalena), Anna Di Stasio (Giovanna), David Ward (Monterone), Robert Kerns (Marullo), Piero De Palma (Borsa), Mario Rinaudo (Il Conte di Ceprano), Corinna Vozza (La Contessa di Ceprano)

RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Georg Solti