Verdi, Giuseppe > Simon Boccanegra

Wiener Staatsoper Live - Mozart; Verdi; Massenet / Giovanni, Alvarez, Pieczonka, Garanca, Erod, et al. [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-06-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Alvarez, Marcelo; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Erod, Adrian; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Garanca, Elina; Hampson, Thomas; Jordan, Philippe; Kirch...
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Ensemble: Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

Run Time: 454 min.
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Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...

The Verdi Edition - 12 Great Operas / Gavanelli, Alvarez, Schaefer, Cura, Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Hampson [17 DVD]

17 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Calleja, Joseph; Cura, José; Fleming, Renée; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hampson, Thomas; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Wade, Eddie
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rizzi, Carlo; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Celebrating the work of Italy's greatest musical dramatist, this set of 12 operas includes definitive performances from some of the finest Verdi singers of our...continue...
Run Time: 2050 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, ...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, S...continue...

Verdi Opera Selection, Vol. 2 - Aida with Pavarotti & Chiara; Nabucco with Leo Nucci; Simon Baccanegra with Domingo / Guleghina; Harteros [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cavalletti, Massimo; Chiara, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guleghina, Maria; Harteros, Anja; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Luisi, Fabio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus Musik celebrates Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday, who is especially known for his numerous opera compositions, and undoubtedly one of the most famous romantics. This...continue...
Run Time: 513 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish...continue...

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

36 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Giovanna d'Arco; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; ...
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Ercolani, Renato; Glossop, Peter; Gobbi, Tito; Machi, Mario; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Pappano, Antonio; Santini, Gabriele; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von

2013 will herald the start Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi box set that celebrates...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Barenboim, Domingo, Harteros, Furlanetto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Furlantetto, Ferrucio; Harteros, Anja; Sartori, Fabio
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Placido Domingo, Daniel Barenboim and Federico Tiezzi joined forces at La Scala in 2010 for this stunning production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Domingo is joined...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Barenboim, Domingo, Harteros, Furlanetto [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Furlantetto, Ferrucio; Harteros, Anja; Sartori, Fabio
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Placido Domingo, Daniel Barenboim and Federico Tiezzi joined forces at La Scala in 2010 for this stunning production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.Domingo is joined by...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Ricciarelli, Cappuccilli, Live 1976 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Merighi, Giorgio; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: NHK Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/Met, Domingo, Pieczonka, Giordani [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giordani, Marcello; Morris, James; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

”James Levine obviously loves this score, and he builds the opera to its tragic climax with the orchestra and chorus playing and singing gloriously. Fans...continue...
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Pappano/Royal Opera, Domingo, Poplavskaya [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Jakobski, Lukas; Poplavskaya, Marina; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

Plácido Domingo’s triumphant “return” to his baritone roots is captured in this stunning 2-DVD set of the Royal Opera House’s 2010 production of Verdi’s Simon...continue...
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Live, Salzburg 1961

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2010-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Susca, Vito

A brilliant live performance from Salzburg in 1961. Baritone Tito Gobbi, one of the great singing actors of his era, is indelibly vivid as the...continue...
Recording information: Salzburg (08/19/1961)....continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Gatti, Hampson, Gallardo-Domas, Furlanetto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Daniel, Boaz; Dumitrescu, Dan Paul; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hampson, Thomas; Nuzzo, John; Yang, Songmi
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

One of the lesser-known works by Giuseppe Verdi, 'Simon Boccanegra' is regarded by most opera lovers as one of his finest. Arthaus presents a "visually...continue...
Run Time: 137 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Rossi, Gencer, Gobbi, Mazzoli, Picchi, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Amodeo, Giovanni; Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Monachesi, Walter; Picchi, Mirto; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: ; Rossi, Mario
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

The cast assembled in this historical CD features two of the best interpreters of all times: soprano Leyla Gencer and baritone Tito Gobbi, who fit...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Mariotti/Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frontali, Giannattasio, Prestia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-06-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Frontali, Roberto; Giannattasio, Carmen; Gipali, Giuseppe; Michelazzo, Lucia; Prestia, Giacomo; Rota, Alberto; Scala, Enea; Vratogna, Marco
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus; Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra

Sliding marble walls, a mosaic-like floor, a leafless tree centre-stage, elegant costumes - with its young cast and a superlative performance by Roberto Frontali as...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Italy
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/MET, Milnes, Tomowa-Sintow, Plishka [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-05-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Moldoveanu, Vasile; Plishka, Paul; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, this DVD features Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest....continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Solti/Royal Opera House, Te Kanwa [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Beesley, Mark; Opie, Alan; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Sylvester, Michael; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A well-received, stylish 1991 Royal Opera production staged by Elijah Moshinsky and premiered with Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti. This quality production, directed...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version)

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2007-05-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Elvin, William; Howell, Gwynne; Hudson, Paul; Lamberti, Giorgio; Taylor, Patricia; Turp, Andre
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Matheson, John

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Freni

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pauli, Milena; Raimondi, Gianni; Schiavi, Felice
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Matheson, Bruscantini, Ligi, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2004-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Elvin, William; Howell, Gwynne; Hudson, Paul; Ligi, Josella; Turp, Andre
Conductors: Matheson, John
Ensemble: BBC Singers

"The differences between the two versions are most striking in the first half of the opera. The 1857 'Boccanegra' has a short instrumental prelude where...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Gallo, Lucio; Guelfi, Carlo; Konstantinov, Julian; La Scola, Vincenzo; Mattila, Karita
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

'Simon Boccanegra' is Verdi's second opera based on an historical drama by the Spanish author Garcia Gutierrez - the first was Il Trovatore. The political...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fr...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Irish Traditional: Lond...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Motto, Thomas; Newman, Arthur; Sektberg, Willard; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Tajo, Italo; Ukena, Paul; Varnay, Astrid...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Simon Boccanegra (Verdi) Gencer, Gobbi, 1952

2 CD / Hardy Classic / 2002-10-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Borrelli, Annamaria; Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Monachesi, Walter; Picchi, Mirto; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Gavazzeni, Gobbi, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Petersen, Gleide; Susca, Vito; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Tito Gobbi was the most famous interpreter of the very dramatic title role in this Verdi opera, and this performance captures him in the prime...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Gavazzeni, Gobbi, Gencer

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff
Performers: Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Susca, Vito; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Freni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pauli, Milena; Raimondi, Gianni; Schiavi, Felice
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Many years after its first performance Verdi extensively revised Simon Boccanegra, exhibiting the great faith he had in its splendid music. The story is one...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Freni, Cappuccilli, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-01-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Savastano, Antonio; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This famous recording has become a classic, a studio performance following a series of performances at La Scala in the Strehler staging....continue...

Edition Opera - Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Paternostro, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 1991-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Nicolesco, Mariana; Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto
Ensemble: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
This live 1990 recording of Verdi's most sombre score features some excellent principals; Renato Bruson's Doge, Giuseppe Sabbatini's Gabriele and Roberto Scandiuzzi's Fies...continue...