- Verdi - Rigoletto / Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Riccardo Chailly
-
Best Buy
From $27.99 (New)
-
Amazon
From $20.03 (New)
From $27.99 (New)
From $20.03 (New)
| Latest | $27.99 3 hrs ago |
| Highest | $27.99 Mar 12, '14 |
| Lowest | $27.99 Mar 12, '14 |
| Average | $27.99 (30d avg) $27.99 (90d avg) $27.99 (180d avg) $27.99 (365d avg) $27.99 (Lifetime average) |
| Added | Mar 12, 2014 |
The complications and excesses in the highly melodramatic story of Rigoletto almost define the word "opera" for many people, and the name of this opera's composer, Giuseppi Verdi, is one to conjure with. Many cinematically inclined opera fans had high hopes for this 1983 production directed by the scenarist Jean-Pierre Ponelle and featuring the incomparable vocal gifts of Luciano Pavarotti. However, even in opera, and particularly when it is filmed, a minimum of believability and acting ability are desirable commodities. By all reports, this production failed on those two counts, though musically it is first-rate. Hard-core opera enthusiasts will still find much to enjoy, though the movie is not accessible to general audiences. The tragic story begins with Rigoletto (Ingvar Wixell), the hunchbacked court jester for the amorously inclined young Duke of Mantua (Pavrotti), showing callous disregard for a father's sensibilities when the Duke ruins the reputation of one of his courtier's daughters. When the girl's angry father is led away in chains, he curses the jester to suffer as he has suffered. Since Rigoletto has hidden away his beautiful daughter from the court, and the Duke has somehow managed to see her anyway, this curse soon becomes a reality. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
| Latest | $20.03 Apr 21, '16 |
| Highest | $29.98 Jan 18, '16 |
| Lowest | $18.20 Nov 9, '14 |
| Average | $21.04 (30d avg) $22.94 (90d avg) $21.70 (180d avg) $21.13 (365d avg) $21.62 (Lifetime average) |
| Added | Sep 9, 2013 |
| Latest | $9.60 Apr 21, '16 |
| Highest | $23.37 Mar 30, '14 |
| Lowest | $8.95 Jul 30, '14 |
| Average | $10.51 (30d avg) $11.83 (90d avg) $12.24 (180d avg) $12.22 (365d avg) $13.45 (Lifetime average) |
| Added | Sep 9, 2013 |
| Latest | $4.80 Apr 21, '16 |
| Highest | $22.71 Jan 15, '16 |
| Lowest | $4.80 Apr 21, '16 |
| Average | $10.65 (30d avg) $12.72 (90d avg) $12.99 (180d avg) $11.73 (365d avg) $12.65 (Lifetime average) |
| Added | Sep 9, 2013 |
30 day average: 29,809
90 day average: 27,745
Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, and Edita Gruberova star in this Verdi opera filmed on location in 1981 in Italian Renaissance landmarks including the Castello di San Giorgio in Mantua, the Piazza Duomo in Cremona, and the Teatro Farnese in Parma. Ricca