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Simon Boccanegra / the Metropolitan Opera.
LIBRA Laserdisc DGG 4400725451 LD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Boccanegra, Simone, -1363.
- Operas.
- Boccanegra, Simone, -1363--Drama.
- Boccanegra, Simone.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video ; New York : Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Video, [1996?]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Laser optical CLV, extended play, NTSC; digital stereo. sound, CX noise reduction.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- Summary:
- Simon Boccanegra is a complex man ruled by love of family and devotion to country. The music of Simon Boccanegra vividly embodies the tangled personal passions and political rivalries of Renaissance Italy.
- Participant:
- Vladimir Chernov, Kiri Te Kanawa, Robert Lloyd, Plácido Domingo ; supporting vocal soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.
- Credits:
- Stage production, Giancarlo del Monaco ; producer, Louisa Briccetti ; video director, Brian Large ; editor, Gary Bradley.
- Notes:
- Opera in a prologue and 3 acts.
- Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Bioto.
- Program notes (12 p.) in English and French.
- Produced January, 1995 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
- Contains:
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccanegra.
- OCLC:
- 36983329
- Publisher Number:
- 044007254516
- 440 072 545-1 Deutsche Grammophon Video
- Access Restriction:
- "May be shown in private homes only"--Container.
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