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Simon Boccanegra (1881 version)
Opera in a prologue and three acts, with music by Verdi and libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE and ARRIGO BOITO. (sung in Italian)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF
THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA .
MILAN/ CLAUDIO ABBADO Records: 1977
Claudio Abbado is the architect of a performance which combines nobility with an intensity hard to parallel among modem Verdi conductors ... I cannot imagine this set will be quickly rivalled.
LORD HAREWOOD

Contributors

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Simon Boccanegra
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Francesco Maria Piave
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Arrigo Boito.
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Alla Scala
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Claudio Abbado
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Claudio Abbado
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Lord Harewood
Paolo Albiani, leader of the Plebeian party:
José van Dam (bass-Bar)
Pietro, a Genoese goldsmith:
Giovanni Foiani (bass)
Simon Boccanegra, corsair in the service of the Genoese republic, later Doge:
Piero Cappuccilli (bar)
Jacopo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman:
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Maria, daughter of Boccanegra, but known as Amelia Grimaldi:
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Gabriele Adorno, aGenoese nobleman:
Jose Carreras (tenor)
Amelia's maid:
Maria Fausta Gallamini
Captain of crossbowmen:
Antonio Savastano (ten)
Source: Radio Times

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