Decca, the opera company, has always invested infinite energy and enormous care on its productions, marrying the greatest casts, experienced opera orchestras and great conductors with its unrivalled technical skill and superb sound.  Decca Classics is proud to present three of its iconic opera recordings in deluxe hardback editions with libretti in original language plus English, French and German translations, 2CDs + 1 Blu-ray audio disc:  Puccini’s La Bohème, Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor.

Deluxe hard-back editions with original covers. Each edition includes libretto, and synopsis both with English, German and French translations, original essay, and rare images.

Presented on 2CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-Bit audio.

Remastered in ultra-high quality 96kHz/24-bit audio at Abbey Road Studios in 2014 under the supervision of long-term Decca balance engineer Philip Siney.

“[Pavarotti] is an intensely characterful Duke: an unmistakable rogue but a charmer, too... [Sutherland] is glowingly beautiful as well as supremely assured technically. Milnes makes a strong Rigoletto, vocally masterful rather than strongly characterised.” - Penguin Guide, 2010 edition

“The most impressive Sparafucile on recording is [Martti] Talvela... Both his high E-flat and his low F at the end of his duet with Rigoletto are unforgettable.” - Opera News, New York, 2013

Cast:
- Il Duca: Luciano Pavarotti
- Gilda: Joan Sutherland
- Rigoletto: Sherrill Milnes
- Maddalena: Huguette Tourangeau
- Sparafucile: Martti Talvela