Rigoletto

Featuring a cast one could drown in superlatives, this 1960 Firenze, Italy performance of Verdis Rigoletto, recorded in stereo and issued here in 24Bit/96kHz re-mastered audio, is counted amongst the finest available recordings of this masterwork. With Gianandrea Gavazzeni leading the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, tenor Alfredo Kraus, bass-baritone Ettore Bastianini as Rigoletto, Renata Scotto as Gilda and Fiorenza Cossotto as Maddalena provide the vocal dramatics and interpretative insights any listener could want and should expect from this reportorial mainstay.