Deluxe hard-back editions with original covers.
Each edition includes libretto, and synopsis both with English, German and French translations, original essay, and rare images.
Presented on 2CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-Bit audio.
Remastered in ultra-high quality 96kHz/24-bit audio at Abbey Road Studios in 2014 under the supervision of long-term Decca balance engineer Philip Siney.
[Pavarotti] is an intensely characterful Duke: an unmistakable rogue but a charmer, too…[Sutherland] is glowingly beautiful as well as supremely assured technically. Milnes makes a strong Rigoletto, vocally masterful rather than strongly characterised. – PENGUIN GUIDE
Verdi: Rigoletto
Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Huguette Tourangeau (Maddalena), Martti Talvela (Sparafucile)
London Symphony Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Richard Bonynge