We continue our exploration of operatic prologues with the Prologue to Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and the Prologue to Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov.
Prologues – Part II
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:02 pm
- Simon Boccanegra: Prologue
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
- Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Boris Christoff, bass ; Walter Monachesi, bass ; Paolo Dari, baritone
- Conductor: Gabriele Santini
- CD/Album: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 63513
- Release Year: 1958
12:31 pm
- Boris Godunov: Prologue
- Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
- Ensemble: Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Chorus of Karkow
- Soloists: Andrzej Hiolski, baritone ; WÅ‚odzimierz Zalewski, bass ; Bohdan Paprocki, tenor ; Martti Talvela, bass
- Conductor: Jerzy Semkow
- CD/Album: Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Semkow
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 54377
- Release Year: 1977