Movie

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

2002 2h 23m Released

MusicDramaHistory

Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito is performed before a live audience at Florence's Teatro Comunale in this release featuring the music of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under conductor Claudio Abbado, and starring Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, and Karita Mattila.

Cast

Carlo Guelfi Simon Boccanegra J Julian Konstantinov Fiesco Karita Mattila Maria Boccanegra Vincenzo La Scola Gabriele Adorno Lucio Gallo Paolo Albiani Claudio Abbado Self - Conductor