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Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto (Original Post) elleng Jun 2020 OP
I heard Luciano Pavarotti sing the role at the Met. lapucelle Jun 2020 #1
WOW! elleng Jun 2020 #2
To clarify, he sang the role of the Duke. lapucelle Jun 2020 #4
'Trump was allegedly furious at the lacklustre performance and stormed backstage to confront Pavarot elleng Jun 2020 #6
The best Gilda I ever heard was Nadine Sierra at Seattle Opera. Aristus Jun 2020 #3
My favorite Rigoletto wryter2000 Jun 2020 #5

elleng

(130,156 posts)
6. 'Trump was allegedly furious at the lacklustre performance and stormed backstage to confront Pavarot
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 04:44 PM
Jun 2020

!!!

Pavarotti’s widow, Nicoletta Mantovani, heard about Trump’s unauthorized use of his music and demanded that it be pulled. “The values of brotherhood and solidarity that Pavarotti upheld are incompatible with the world vision of Trump,” Mantovani said in a public statement.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
3. The best Gilda I ever heard was Nadine Sierra at Seattle Opera.
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 03:41 PM
Jun 2020

I think her performance during that production will make opera history.

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
5. My favorite Rigoletto
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 04:36 PM
Jun 2020

Sherrill Milnes. His "non lasciar mi" at the end would make a stone week. (sorry about the bad Italian)

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