Simon Boccanegra (DVD) / Verdi ; production by Giancarlo Del Monaco ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with Thirteen for WNET.ORG.
Publisher:
Sony Classical :
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
2 videodiscs (2 hr., 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Opera in 3 acts. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito after the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Program notes by Martin Chusid and synopsis ([12] p. : ports.) inserted in container. Bonus features: Backstage at the Met with Renée Fleming: interviews with Andrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, and James Morris. Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra) ; Adrianne Pieczonka (Amelia Grimaldi) ; Marcello Giordani (Gabriele Adorno) ; James Morris (Jacopo Fiesco) ; supporting soloists ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor ; Renée Fleming, host. Recorded Feb. 6, 2010, for Great performances.
Summary:
Performance of the opera of the complex man whose life was ruled by love of family and devotion to country.
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