Simon Boccanegra

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James Levine conducts Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra in this live Metropolitan Opera broadcast, with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role.  A recital by another great Simon Boccanegra, Tito Gobbi, follows the broadcast.

Playlist:
12:58 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983
1:06 pm
  • Simon Boccanegra: Prologue
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
  • Soloists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
  • Release Year: 2011
1:39 pm
  • Simon Boccanegra: Act I
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
  • Soloists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
  • Release Year: 2011
3:07 pm
  • Simon Boccanegra: Act II
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
  • Soloists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
  • Release Year: 2011
3:40 pm
  • Simon Boccanegra: Act III
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
  • Soloists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Record co./Cat #: Met
  • Release Year: 2011
4:16 pm
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia: "Largo al factotum"
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
  • Conductor: Alceo Galliera
  • CD/Album: The Perfect Opera
  • Record co./Cat #: Angel 67438
  • Release Year: 1958
4:22 pm
  • Falstaff: Honor Monologue
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • CD/Album: Verdi - Falstaff
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49668
  • Release Year: 1957
4:28 pm
  • Il tabarro (excerpt)
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Margaret Mas, soprano
  • Conductor: Vincenzo Bellezza
  • CD/Album: Puccini: Il trittico
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 64165
  • Release Year: 1956
4:32 pm
  • Tosca: Act I (excerpt)
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
  • Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
  • Conductor: Victor de Sabata
  • CD/Album: Puccini: Tosca
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47174
  • Release Year: 1953
4:36 pm
  • Tosca: Act II (excerpt)
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
  • Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
  • Conductor: Victor de Sabata
  • CD/Album: Puccini: Tosca
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47174
  • Release Year: 1953
4:42 pm
  • Pagliacci: Prologue
  • Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
  • Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
  • Soloists: Tito Gobbi, baritone
  • Conductor: Lovro von Matačić
  • CD/Album: Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 63967
  • Release Year: 1961
4:51 pm
  • Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: "Soupir"
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Margaret Price, soprano ; James Lockhart, piano
  • CD/Album: Französische und spanische Lieder
  • Record co./Cat #: Orfeo 038831
  • Release Year: 1983
4:55 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983

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