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Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle 1982 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus Conductor: Riccardo Chailly Rigoletto: Ingvar Wixell Duke of Mantua: Luciano Pavarotti Gilda: Edita Gruberova Sparafucile: Ferruccio Furlanetto Maddalena: Victoria Vergara Deutsche Grammophon 1. Povero Rigoletto 2. Cortigiani vil razza dannata MARULLO Poor Rigoletto! RIGOLETTO La ra, la ra, la la... CHORUS Here he comes!... Be silent! BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS Good morning, Rigoletto. RIGOLETTO (They were all in on it!) CEPRANO What news, jester? RIGOLETTO What news, jester? Only that you are more of a bore than usual. BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS Ha! ha! ha! RIGOLETTO La ra, la ra, la la... restlessly searching everywhere (Where can they have hidden her?... BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS (See how upset he is!) RIGOLETTO La ra, la ra, la la BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS (Yes! See how upset he is!) RIGOLETTO to Marullo I am glad that the cold air last night did not harm you in the least... MARULLO Last night!... RIGOLETTO Yes! Ah! it was a fine trick! MARULLO But I was asleep all night! RIGOLETTO Ah, you were asleep! So I dreamed it! La ra, la ra, la la He moves off. Seeing a handkerchief on the table, he examines the monogram agitatedly. BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS (See how he inspects everything!) RIGOLETTO throwing down the handkerchief (It isnt hers.) Is the Duke still asleep? BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS Yes, he is still asleep. One of the Duchess`s pages enters. PAGE The Duchess wishes to speak to the Duke. CEPRANO He's asleep. PAGE Wasn't he here with you just now? BORSA He went hunting. PAGE Without his escort! Unarmed! BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS Don't you understand that he can't see anyone right now? RIGOLETTO standing apart, be has followed the conversation attentively, and now leaps among them, crying out: Ah, she is there, then! She is with the Duke! BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS Who? RIGOLETTO The girl you carried off from my house last night. But I shall get her back... She's in there! BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS If you've mislaid your mistress, look for her elsewhere. RIGOLETTO I want my daughter! BORSA, MARULLO, CEPRANO, CHORUS His daughter! RIGOLETTO Yes, my daughter! After such a sweet revenge, what? You're not laughing? She's in there I want her Give her back. running towards the centre door, but finding it barred by the courtiers Courtiers, vile, damnable rabble, how much were you paid for my treasure? There's nothing you won't do for money, but my daughter is beyond any price. Give her back or this hand, though unarmed, will prove a dread weapon indeed. A man will fear nothing on earth when defending his children's honour. Assassins, open that door! He again attacks the door, is dragged away from it by the courtiers, struggles awhile, then gives up, exhausted. Ah! You're all against me! weeping All against me! Then I'll weep. Marullo, my lord, you whose soul is as gentle as your heart, tell me, where have they hidden her? Shes in there isn't she? You don't answer Alas! My lords, forgive me, have pity! Give an old man back his daughter! To give her back can cost you nothing now, but to me my daughter is everything. Lords, forgive me Give me my daughter back, to me my daughter is everything. Lords, forgive me. Gilda suddenly runs from the room on the left and throws herself into her father's arms.
