[Met Performance] CID:120220
Rigoletto {217} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/7/1937.
(Review)
Metropolitan Opera House
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 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.