Research Catalog

Title

Simon Boccanegra [videorecording] : melodramma in un prologo e tre atti / [libretto] di Francesco Maria Piave (e Arrigo Boito) ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi ; una produzione RAI TRE-RAI Trade.

Publication

Ratingen, Germany : TDK Mediactive, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
• Mattila, Karita
• La Scola, Vincenzo
• Guelfi, Carlo
• Gallo, Lucio
• Konstantinov, Julian
• Abbado, Claudio
• Stein, Peter, 1937-
• Battistoni, Carlo
• Mayer, Stefan
• Bickel, Moidele
• García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884.
• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
• Raitre/Format (Firm) prd
• Rai Trade (Firm) prd
• TDK Mediactive (Firm)
• Maggio musicale fiorentino. Coro. prf
• Maggio musicale fiorentino. Orchestra. prf
• Maggio musicale fiorentino (2002)

Description

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Simon Boccanegra, Doge of Genoa, is one of Verdi's most profound characters, a complex man ruled by love of family and devotion to country. The compelling, richly colored music of Simon Boccanegra vividly embodies the tangled personal passions and political rivalries of Renaissance Italy.

Subject

Operas

Note

• Based on: Simón Bocanegra / Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez.
• Program notes and synopsis in English (11 p.) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Stage director, Peter Stein; television director, Carlo Battistoni; set designer, Stefan Mayer; costume designer, Moidele Bickel.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the Teatro Communale, Florence, June 2002.

System Details (note)

• DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio: 16:9; NTSC, all regions.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Italian.

Call Number

*LDV 207

LCCN

824121000554

OCLC

55211353

Title

Simon Boccanegra [videorecording] : melodramma in un prologo e tre atti / [libretto] di Francesco Maria Piave (e Arrigo Boito) ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi ; una produzione RAI TRE-RAI Trade.

Imprint

Ratingen, Germany : TDK Mediactive, c2003.

System Details

DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio: 16:9; NTSC, all regions.

Performer

Karita Mattila (Maria Boccanegra) ; Vincenzo La Scola (Gabriele Adorno) ; Carlo Guelfi (Simon Boccanegra) ; Lucio Gallo (Paolo Abliani) ; Julian Konstantinov (Jacopo Fiesco) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra & Chorus of the Maggio musicale fiorentino ; Claudio Abbado, conductor.

Credits

Stage director, Peter Stein; television director, Carlo Battistoni; set designer, Stefan Mayer; costume designer, Moidele Bickel.

Event

Recorded at the Teatro Communale, Florence, June 2002.

Language

Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Mattila, Karita. Performer

La Scola, Vincenzo. Performer

Guelfi, Carlo. Performer

Gallo, Lucio. Performer

Konstantinov, Julian. Performer

Abbado, Claudio. Conductor

Stein, Peter, 1937- Director

Battistoni, Carlo. Director

Mayer, Stefan. Set designer

Bickel, Moidele. Costume designer

García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884. Simón Boccanegra.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccanegra.

Raitre/Format (Firm) Production personnel

Rai Trade (Firm) Production personnel

TDK Mediactive (Firm)

Maggio musicale fiorentino. Coro. Performer

Maggio musicale fiorentino. Orchestra. Performer

Maggio musicale fiorentino (2002)

Other Standard Identifier

824121000554

Publisher No.

DVUS-OPSIBO TDK Mediactive

Research Call Number

*LDV 207 Notes on file.