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Simon Boccanegra

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An opera in a prologue and three acts
Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE (revised by ARRIGO BOITO ) after the play by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez Music by Verdi
(sung in Italian)
Cast in order of sineing:
Soldiers, sailors, citizens, senators and the Doge's followers MUNICH STATE OPERA CHORUS
MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO
(Recording from the 1971 Munich Opera Festival made available by courtesy of Bavarian Radio)
The action takes place in Genoa in the middle of the 14th century.
Prologue and Act 1
2.55* During the Interval Verdi and the cabaletta A talk by JULIAN BUDDEN illustrated by PATRICIA MCCARRY (soprano) EMLYN JONES (tenor)
NINA WALKER (piano)
3.10* Simon Boccanegra Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Maria
Unknown:
Arrigo Boito
Play By:
Antonio Garcia Gutierrez
Conducted By:
Claudio Abbado
Talk By:
Julian Budden
Soprano:
Patricia McCarry
Piano:
Simon Boccanegra
Paolo Albiani, a goldsmith:
William Murray (baritone)
Pietro, a plebeian:
Janos Tessényi (bass)
Simon Boccanegra, a buccaneer, later Doge of Genoa:
Eberhard Waechter (baritone)
Jacopo Fiesco, a patrician:
Ruggiero Raimondi (bass)
Maria Boccanegra, Simon's daughter living under the name of Amelia Grimaldi:
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Gabriele Adorno, a young patrician in love with Amelia:
Robert Ilosfalvy (tenor)
Maid to Amelia:
Daphne Evangelatos (contralto)
Captain of the guard:
Wilhelm Walter (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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