[Met Performance] CID:120220



Rigoletto
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, January 7, 1937




Rigoletto (217)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Rigoletto
Lawrence Tibbett

Gilda
Vina Bovy

Duke of Mantua
Frederick Jagel

Maddalena
Irra Petina

Sparafucile
Virgilio Lazzari

Monterone
Norman Cordon

Borsa
Giordano Paltrinieri

Marullo
George Cehanovsky

Count Ceprano
Wilfred Engelman

Countess Ceprano
Charlotte Symons

Giovanna
Thelma Votipka

Page
Lucielle Browning


Conductor
Ettore Panizza







Review 1:

Review of Francis D. Perkins in the Herald Tribune

'Rigoletto' Is Performed Again at Metropolitan

Martini Ill, Jagel Appears in Role of the Duke

Verdi's "Rigoletto" had its second performance of the season last night at the Metropolitan Opera House with Frederick Jagel reappearing as the Duke in place of Nino Martini, who has joined the list of the Metropolitan's sufferers from colds and kindred ailments. Bruna Castagna, scheduled to sing Maddalena, had been a member of the indisposed group after several days and was replaced in this role by Irra Petina.

The vocal honors of the evening went to Lawrence Tibbett, whose performance as Rigoletto shows increasing mastery of the dramatic significance of the character. Miss Bovy did some very good singing, and was clear and true to the pitch in the closing high E in the second act, although the unevenness of tone quality observed in her previous appearances could still be noticed. Mr. Jagel sang very commendably in his relief assignment, while Mmes. Symons, Votipka and Browning, Messrs. Lazzari as Sparafucile; Cordon, Cehanovsky, Paltrinieri and Engelman completed the cast. The performance was under Ettore Panizza's direction.



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