Addio, addio, speranza ed anima from G.Verdi - Rigoletto (VIVA! Opera 70)

Verdi: Rigoletto. The Rigoletto Quartet. Portrait of Italian opera singer Anna Moffo

Portrait of Italian opera singer Anna Moffo in costume as 'Gilda', during rehearsals for the play 'Rigoletto', at Covent Garden, London, January 31st 1964. (Photo by Ray Green/Bob Thomas/Keystone/Getty Images) 2014 Getty Images

Ayako Ohtake, a Sydney-based Japanese soprano singer, hosts monthly music segment called VIVA! Opera for SBS Japanese.


VIVA! Opera is a music content broadcast on the 4th and 5th Thursday each month. In the 70th episode, the last episode this year, Ms Ohtake picks 'Addio, addio, speranza ed anima' from Rigoletto composed by G.Verdi.

You can listen to both the segment and the music via our catch-up link (available for one week after broadcast).

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