A star-studded clip show celebrates the legacy of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) with excerpts from nine of his operas, dating back to a 1977 telecast of "Rigoletto" featuring Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas and Cornell MacNeil. Other singers include Renata Scotto and Jon Vickers (a 1978 "Otello"); Scotto and Tatiana Troyanos ("Don Carlo," 1980); Luciano Pavarotti (the "Rigoletto" Act III aria "La donna e mobile," 1981); and Leontyne Price capping her Met career in 1985 ("O patria mia," from Aïda).