Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Music, Drama, History · 2002

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.

Starring

Carlo Guelfi, Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Julian Konstantinov, Karita Mattila, Carlo Battistoni, Claudio Abbado, Peter Stein, Vincenzo La Scola, Lucio Gallo

Director

Carlo Battistoni