Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Carlo Guelfi Simon Boccanegra

Julian Konstantinov Fiesco

Karita Mattila Maria Boccanegra

Vincenzo La Scola Gabriele Adorno

Lucio Gallo Paolo Albiani