Verdi - Simon Boccanegra
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
RecommendedPiero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele)
La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
This famous recording has become a classic, a studio performance following a series of performances at La Scala in the Strehler staging. The close, slightly claustrophobic recording exactly mirrors... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2000, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra RecommendedThomas Hampson (Simon Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Kristine Opolais (Amelia/Maria), Carlo Colombara (Fiesco), Luca Pisaroni (Paolo)
Wiener Symphoniker & Wiener Singakademie, Massimo Zanetti
Hampson is, as always, a searching interpreter, aware of the meaning and possible ambiguities of every phrase he sings; but his voice is not a classic Verdi baritone...The only principal to meet... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Tito Gobbi (Simon Boccanegra), Giuseppe Campora (Gabriele Adorno), Boris Christoff (Jacopo Fiesco), Victoria de los Angeles (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Walter Monachesi (Paolo), Paolo Dari (Pietro)
Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriele Santini
An enthusiastic welcome to this classic recording...admirably brought back to life by Mark Obert-Thorne...The set preserves two outstanding interpretations, Gobbi's Boccanegra and Christoff's... — More…
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Poplavskaya (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Jacope Fiesco), Jonathan Summers (Paolo Albiani), Lukas Jakobski (Piero)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
The result is far more than a vanity project...overall [Domingo] makes a remarkably moving and complex creation out of it...Summers is worn but malevolent in his sharply etched portrayal of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, DVD of the Month
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Placido Domingo: Verdi
RecommendedPlacido Domingo (baritone), Angel Joy Blue (Amelia), Gianluca Buratto (Fiesco), Fernando Piqueras (Paolo), Bonifaci Carrillo (Pietro), Aquiles Machado (Gabriele), Gianluca Buratto (Ferrando), Aquiles Machado (Carlo), Gianluca Buratto (Chirurgo)
Orquestra de la Comunítat Valencíana, Pablo Heras-Casado
Verdi himself would surely have applauded the expressivity of such singing where character is all...no one should pretend this voice is what it was: it is showing its age...Yet I can't imagine... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th August 2013
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Christian Gerhaher (Simon Boccanegra), Jennifer Rowley (Amelia Boccanegra), Christof Fischesser (Jacopo Fiesco), Otar Jorjikia (Gabriele Adorno), Nicholas Brownlee (Paolo Albiani), Brent Michael Smith (Pietro)
Philharmonia Zurich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi, Andreas Homoki
Though not on the face of it an obvious Verdian, Christian Gerhaher gives a winning performance as the eponymous Doge, bringing all the nuance to the text that we would expect from a master of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Christian Gerhaher (Simon Boccanegra), Jennifer Rowley (Amelia Boccanegra), Christof Fischesser (Jacopo Fiesco), Otar Jorjikia (Gabriele Adorno), Nicholas Brownlee (Paolo Albiani), Brent Michael Smith (Pietro)
Philharmonia Zurich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi, Andreas Homoki
Though not on the face of it an obvious Verdian, Christian Gerhaher gives a winning performance as the eponymous Doge, bringing all the nuance to the text that we would expect from a master of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2021, Nominated - Video Performance
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Verdi at the MET
Legendary Performances from The Metropolitan Opera
Rosa Ponselle (Violetta), Frederick Jagel (Alfredo), Lawrence Tibbett (Germont), Elda Vettori (Flora), Henriette Wakefield (Annina), Angelo Bada (Gastone), Paolo Ananian (Dottore Grenvil), Alfredo Gandolfi (Barone Douphol), Millo Picco (Marchese d'Obigny), Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg...
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Nuccia Focile (Amelia/Maria), Paul Charles Clarke (Gabriele Adorno), Gordon Hawkins (Simon Boccanegra), Vladimir Vaneev (bass), Yaron Windmuller (Paolo Albiani), Martin Snell (Pietro), James Meng (Un capitano dei balestrieri), Wendy Dawn Thompson (Un'ancella)
Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, New...
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Leo Nucci (Simon Boccanegra), Robert Scandiuzzi (Jacopo Fiesco), Simone Piazzola (Paolo Albiani), Paolo Pecchioli (Pietro), Tamar Iveri (Amelia/Maria), Francesco Meli (Gabriele Adorno)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Giorgio Gallione
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