Domingo, Carreras, Mehta and Pavarotti behind the scenes. Rehearsing in Dodger Stadium, and giving an impromptu performance in Monte Carlo as a warm up to the main event. Mehta and Domingo swap places!
Act 2 - Placido Domingo as Il Duca di Mantova in the 1977 Met production of Verdi's Rigoletto. The Duke has discovered that Gilda has been abducted. In genuine despair he longs to find and comfort her
Conductor: James Levine
Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas sing the duet of Alfredo/Violetta from Act 1 of Verdi's La Traviata.
Motion picture version,released in 1983 and directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Conductor: James Levine
Placido Domingo(Duke)/Cornel l Macneil(Rigoletto)/I leana Cotrubas(Gilda)/Isol a Jones(Maddalena)sing the quartet from Act 3 of Verdi's Rigoletto. A 1977 Met production Conductor: James Levine
Act 3 - Placido Domingo as the Duke in the 1977 Met production of Verdi's Rigoletto. In this aria the Duke expresses his disdain for women.
Conductor: James Levine
Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas sing the "reconciliation" love duet of Alfredo/Violetta from Act 3 of Verdi's La Traviata.
Motion picture version,released in 1983 and directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Conductor: James Levine