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Verdi's Operas

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Simon Boccanegra
(Original 1857 version)
Opera in a prologue and three acts. Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA piave (sung in Italian)
BBC SINGERS director JOHN POOLE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by JOHN MATHESON Repetiteur ALISTAIR DAWES
Italian coach UBALDO GARDINI The action takes place in Genoa in the middle of the 14th century. Prologue and Act 1.
3.20* Julian Budden on Simon Boccanegra
3.25* Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Boccanegra
Unknown:
Francesco Maria
Director:
John Poole
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conducted By:
John Matheson
Repetiteur:
Alistair Dawes
Unknown:
Ubaldo Gardini
Unknown:
Julian Budden
Unknown:
Simon Boccanegra
Source: Radio Times

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