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Royal Opera Verdi Festival

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Simon Boccanegra (1857 version)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
A chance to hear the second of two radically different versions of Verdi's opera, this one a concert performance of the original version given earlier this month at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall , London.
Presented by Andrew Lyle with Michael Oliver.
Sung in Italian.
The New Company
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Mark Elder
A live broadcast of Verdi's Aroldo tomorrow 7.25pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Boccanegra
Unknown:
Francesco Maria Piave.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Hall
Presented By:
Andrew Lyle
Unknown:
Michael Oliver.
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Simon Boccanegra:
Anthony Michaels-Moore (bar)
Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi):
Amanda Roocroft (sop)
Jacopo Fiasco:
Alastair Miles (bass)
Gabriele Adomo:
José Cura (tenor)
Paolo Albiani:
Peter Sidhom (bar)
Pietro:
Jeremy White (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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