
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2002-06-04 · 143 min · Not rated
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.
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- Directors
- Carlo Battistoni, Peter Stein
- Production companies
- TDK, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, RAI
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Carlo GuelfiSimon Boccanegra
Karita MattilaMaria Boccanegra
Vincenzo La ScolaGabriele Adorno
Lucio GalloPaolo Albiani
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