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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Name: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Director: Peter Stein
Genre: Music, Drama, History
Released: 2002-06-04
Duration: 143 min
Cast: Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, Karita Mattila, Vincenzo La Scola, Lucio Gallo

June 4, 2002

2h 23m

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.