Complete opera recordings only, excerpts not included. Sung in Italian unless otherwise stated.
Ralph Moore’s survey of the recordings of Rigoletto can be found here.
Bob Farr’s survey of the operas of Verdi’s middle period, which includes Rigoletto can be found here.
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CD (singer for Gilda, singer for Duke of Mantua, singer for Rigoletto, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Fausto Cleva (1955) | Sony Classical 88697 91005 2 | review |
| Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Fausto Cleva (1956) | Andromeda ANDRCD 5078 | review |
| Hilde Gueden, Mario Del Monaco. Aldo Protti, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia/ Alberto Erede (1954) | Decca 440 242-2 | review |
| Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Ettore Bastianini, Florence May Festival Orchestra/Gianandrea Gavazzeni (1960) | BMG Classics/Riccordi 74321 68779 2 | review |
| Pristine Audio PACO184 | review review | |
| Orlandina Orlandini, Gino Sarri, Ivan Petrov, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Erasmo Ghiglia (1951) | Preiser 20017 | review |
| Mercedes Capsir, Dino Borgioli, Riccardo Stracciari, Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Lorenzo Molajoli (1930) | Pristine Audio PACO169 | review review review |
| Maria Callas, Giuseppi di Stefano, Pietro Campolonghi, Orchestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes di Citta del Messico/Umberto Mugnai (1952) | Urania URN 22.233 | review |
| Nadine Sierra, Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian (2016) | Delos DE3522 | review review review |
| Roberta Peters, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Rome Opera Orchestra Chorus/Jonel Perlea (1956) | Naxos 8.111276 | review review |
| Reri Grist, Nicolai Gedda, Cornell MacNeil, Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (1967) | Classics for Pleasure 3932822 | review |
| Margherita Rinaldi, Franco Bonisolli, Rolando Panerai, Orchestra of the StaatsoperDresden/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (1977) | Arts Music 43073-2 | review |
| Lina Pagliughi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI/Angelo Questa (1954) | Warner Fonit 50467-7907-2-8 | review |
| Warner Music Italy 2564 66211-6 | review | |
| Leontina Vaduva, Richard Leech, Alexandru Agache, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Carlo Rizzi (1993) | Warner Classics 2564 688013 | review |
| Beverly Sills, Alfredo Kraus, Sherrill Milnes, Philharmonia Orchestra/Julius Rudel (1978) | Warner Classics 9029573588 | review |
| Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Tulio Serafin (1955) | Naxos 8.111242-3 | review |
| Regis RRC 2076 | review | |
| Brilliant Classics 93932 | review | |
| Pristine Audio PACO131 | review | |
| Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Cesare Sodero (1945) | Pristine PACO143 | review review |
| Anna Moffo, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Georg Solti (1963) | RCA Red Seal 82876 70785 2 | review |
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Video (stage director, singer for Gilda, singer for Duke of Mantua, singer for Rigoletto, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| John Dexter, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/James Levine (1977) | Deutsche Grammophon 0730939GH DVD | review |
| John Dexter, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Luciano Pavarotti, Louis Quilico, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/James Levine (1981) | Decca 0743884 DVD | review |
| Graham Vick, Inva Mula, Marcelo Álvarez, Carlos Álvarez, Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona/Jesus Lopez-Cobos (2004) | TDK DVWW-OPRIGL DVD | review |
| Nicholas Lehnhoff, Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Florez, Zeljko Lucic, Staatsoper Dresden/Fabio Luisi (2008) | Virgin Classics 6418689 DVD | review |
| Philipp Stőlzl, Mélissa Petit, Stephen Costello, Vladimir Stoyanov, ymphoniker/Enrique Mazzola (2019) | C Major 751704 Blu-ray | review |
| Elijah Moshinsky, Emma Matthews, Paul O’Neill, Alan Opie, Opera Australia Orchestra/Giovanni Reggioli (2010) | Opera Australia OPOZ56009 DVD | review |
| Gilbert Deflo, Elena Moşuc, Piotr Beczala, Leo Nucci, Orchestra of Zurich Opera House/Nello Santi (2006) | Arthaus Musik 108 057 Blu-ray | review |
| Charles Roubaud, Inva Mula, Aquiles Machado, Leo Nucci, Orchestra of Arena di Verona/ Marcello Viotti (2001) | TDK DVOPRIG DVD | review |
| TDK DVOPRIGM Blu-ray | review | |
| Stefano Vizioli, Nino Machaidze, Francesco Demuro, Leo Nucci, Orchestra of the Teatro Regio, Parma/Massimo Zanetti (2008) | C Major 723304 Blu-ray | review |
