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Simon Boccanegra.

Title
Simon Boccanegra.
Publication
Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Classics, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941-
  • Milnes, Sherrill.
  • Moldoveanu, Vasile.
  • Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Capobianco, Tito.
  • Wechsler, Gil.
  • Large, Brian.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.
  • Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
Description
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color; 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
  • Opera.
  • Program notes in English in container.
  • "PC-114620."
Credits (note)
  • Music, Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Francesco Maria Piave, Arrigo Boito ; producer, Tito Capobianco ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler ; video director, Brian Large.
Event (note)
  • Taped at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, Dec. 29, 1984.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian with optional English subtitles.
OCLC
  • ocm45639628
  • SCSB-9053891
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries