Billing: the title role was not among the three noted. The record billed Kraus (Duca), Scotto (Gilda) and Cossotto (Maddalena), leaving Rigoletto himself unbilled. Ettore Bastianini heads the cast on every issue of this set and on the rip material in the archive: the cue sheet of the incoming rip credits PERFORMER Bastianini, Scotto, Kraus, Cossotto - Gianandrea Gavazzeni - Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; the Info.txt in rip-4473 lists Rigoletto Ettore Bastianini first; and rip-2782 carries the cover as Rigoletto (1960, Gavazzeni; Bastianini, Kraus, Scotto). Cast and date confirmed against operadis CLVERIGO.HTM entry 59, 1960(STU) Gavazzeni, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, recorded by Mercury in summer 1960 at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence. Setting Rigoletto noted and dropping Maddalena, for Rigoletto / Duca / Gilda.

Billing: the title role was not among the three noted. The record billed Kraus (Duca), Scotto (Gilda) and Cossotto (Maddalena), leaving Rigoletto himself unbilled. Ettore Bastianini heads the cast on every issue of this set and on the rip material in the archive: the cue sheet of the incoming rip credits PERFORMER Bastianini, Scotto, Kraus, Cossotto - Gianandrea Gavazzeni - Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; the Info.txt in rip-4473 lists Rigoletto Ettore Bastianini first; and rip-2782 carries the cover as Rigoletto (1960, Gavazzeni; Bastianini, Kraus, Scotto). Cast and date confirmed against operadis CLVERIGO.HTM entry 59, 1960(STU) Gavazzeni, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, recorded by Mercury in summer 1960 at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence. Setting Rigoletto noted and dropping Maddalena, for Rigoletto / Duca / Gilda.