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VERDI, G.: Simon Boccanegra (Gobbi, Christoff, los Angeles, |
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Composer: |
Giuseppe Verdi |
Artist: |
Leonard Warren, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Marina Mescheriakova, Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani, Guiseppe Campora, Victoria De los Angeles, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Renato Bruson, Soile Isokoski, Paolo Caroli, Hao Jiang Tian, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Mariana Nicolesco, Sylvia Bertona, Walter Monachesi, Paolo Dari, Giovanni de Angelis |
Conductor: |
Gabriele Santini, Michael Halasz, Antonello Gotta, Renato Cellini, Georges Pretre, Alexander Rahbari, Roberto Paternostro, Mikko Franck |
Choir: |
Rome Opera House Chorus, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Chorus |
Orchestra: |
Munich Radio Orchestra, RCA Victor Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Rome Opera House Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Orchestra |
Lyricist: |
Francesco Maria Piave |
Label: |
Naxos Historical |
Catalogue No.: |
8.110119-20 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0636943111925 |
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Featuring a near-ideal cast, this recording of Verdi’s darkly dramatic Simon Boccanegra drew high praise from The Gramophone: “Gobbi is…a masterly singing actor and here he has one of his greatest rôles, one that deploys his full range as a singing tragedian. Victoria de los Angeles is an inspired choice for the girlish, ardent heroine, and has so much glorious music to sing…[Gabriele Santini] gives a momentous, carefully paced and constantly illuminating reading of the score of one of Verdi’s most powerful treatments of the fatal entanglements between political intrigue and family history”. Last but not least, Christoff gives an unforgettable portrayal of the complex and powerful character of Fiesco.
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