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Simon Boccanegra
- Title
- Simon Boccanegra / by Giuseppe Verdi ; [libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito].
- Author
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Publication
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, ©1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Moving image | Use in library | VCASS 28 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 videocassettes (VHS) (150 min.) : sound, color stereo; 1/2 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."--Container
- Series Statement
- Live from the Met
- Uniform Title
- Live from the Met.
- Subject
- Operas
- Genre/Form
- Operas.
- Filmed operas.
- Note
- Opera in a prologue and 3 acts.
- Sung in Italian; subtitles in English.
- VHS.
- In 1 container.
- At head of title: The Metropolitan Opera.
- Originally recorded for television in 1984.
- Recorded in hi-fi stereo; Dolby processed.
- Program notes by Andrew Porter and Synopsis (12 p. : ill.) included.
- Bel Canto: 12609.
- Credits (note)
- Conductor, James Levine ; producer, Tito Capobianco.
- Performer (note)
- Sherrill Milnes, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Vasile Moldoveanu, Paul Plishka, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
- Event (note)
- Recorded live Dec. 29, 1984 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
- ISBN
- 0792100646
- 9780792100645
- OCLC
- ocm19024225
- 19024225
- SCSB-2035980
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library