(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1935(LI) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*
2 1939(LI) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*
3 1947(RA) - Altman Hans - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*
4 1950(LE) - Cellini Renato - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*
5 1950(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
6 1951(RA) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - RAI Roma*
7 1957(STU) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
8 1958(LI) - Rossi Mario - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
9 1960(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*
10 1961(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Wiener Philharmoniker*
11 1961(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
12 1961(LI) - Verchi Nino - Metropolitan Opera*
13 1964(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
14 1964(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Massimo di Palermo*
15 1965(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*
16 1966(LE) - Vernizzi Fulvio - Omroeporkest*
17 1966(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Münchner Philharmoniker*
18 1968(LI;Orlandi-Malaspina) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*
19 1968(LI;Tucci) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*
20 1969(LI) - Krips Josef - Wiener Staatsoper*
21 1970(LI) - Levine James - Cleveland Orchestra*
22 1970(LI) - Lockhart James - Welsh Philharmonia*
23 1970(LI) - Savini Ino - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
24 1970(LI) - Votto Antonino - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
25 1971 (& 1972)(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*
26 1971(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Münchner Philharmoniker*
27 1973(STU) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - RCA Orchestra*
28 1974(LI) - Ehrling Sixten - Metropolitan Opera*
29 1975(LI) - Matheson John - BBC Concert Orchestra*
30 1975(LI) - Peloso Paolo - San Francisco Opera*
31 1976(LE) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*
32 1976(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Orchestra Stabile Emilia-Romagna*
33 1976(LI) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - NHK Symphony Orchestra**
34 1976(LI;London) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*
35 1976(LI;Washington) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*
36 1977(STU) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*
37 1978(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris**
38 1978(LI) - Vonk Hans - Omroeporkest*
39 1979(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*
40 1980(LI) - Gardelli Lamberto - San Francisco Opera*
41 1980(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
42 1981(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala***
43 1981(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Bayerische Staatsoper*
44 1981(STU) - Patanè Giuseppe - Hungarian State Opera*
45 1982(LI) - Downes Edward - Covent Garden*
46 1983(LI) - Siciliani Alessandro - Opera Company of Philadelphia*
47 1984(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Staatsoper*
48 1984(LI) - Campori Angelo - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
49 1984(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
50 1985(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Orchestre National de France***
51 1986(LI) - Chung Myung-Whun - Metropolitan Opera*
52 1986(LI) - Otvös Gabor - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
53 1988(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Staatsoper*
54 1988(LI) - Chung Myung-Whun - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
55 1988(LI) - Rinaldi Maurizio - Amadeus*
56 1989(STU) - Solti Georg - Teatro alla Scala*
57 1990(LC) - Cambreling Sylvain - Théâtre de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)*
58 1990(LI) - Mund Uwe - Gran Teatro del Liceo**
59 1990(LI) - Paternostro Roberto - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra*
60 1991 - Solti Georg - Covent Garden**
61 1993(LC) - Veltri Michelangelo - L'Opéra de Marseille*
62 1994(STU) - Rahbari Alexander - Belgian Radio & TV*
63 1995(LC) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
64 1995(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Covent Garden*
65 1995(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)**
66 1998(LI) - Elder Mark - London Philharmonic Orchestra**
67 1999(LC) - Palumbo Renato - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia*
68 1999(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
69 2000(LC) - Guidarini Marco - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra*
70 2000(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Berliner Philharmoniker*
71 2000(LI) - Young Simone - Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra*
72 2001(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Mahler Chamber Orchestra*
73 2001(LI) - Stefanelli Massimiliano - Orchestra dell Sardegna*
74 2002(LC) - Gatti Daniele - Wiener Staatsoper***
75 2002(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino***
76 2003(LI) - Allemandi Antonello - Orquesta Filarmónica de Cluj*
77 2006(LI) - Summers Patrick - Houston Grand Opera*
78 2007(LC) - Mariotti Michele - Teatro Comunale di Bologna**
79 2008(LI) - Abel Yves - Wiener Staatsoper*
80 2009(LI) - Barenboim Daniel - Staatskapelle Berlin*
81 2009(LI) - Levine James - Boston Symphony Orchestra*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1935(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Lawrence Tibbett
Jacopo Fiesco - Ezio Pinza
Amelia Grimaldi - Elisabeth Rethberg
Gabriele Adorno - Giovanni Martinelli
Paolo Albiani - Alfredo Gandolfi
Pietro - Louis D' Angelo
Un'ancella - Pearl Besuner
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Giordano Paltrinieri
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 177 (Acts 1-3) {2LPS} (1960)ª; Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 161 (Prologue + Boris Godunov - excerpts) {1LP} (1973)ª
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 301
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 February 1935). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Their recording is described as follows: «From Tibbett's personal copy. Prologue has noisy oxidized aluminium discs. Sound cleans up for Scene I. Very good sound for 1935. No better copy around.»
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Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1939(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Lawrence Tibbett
Jacopo Fiesco - Ezio Pinza
Amelia Grimaldi - Elisabeth Rethberg
Gabriele Adorno - Giovanni Martinelli
Paolo Albiani - Leonard Warren
Pietro - Louis D' Angelo
Un'ancella - Pearl Besuner
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Giordano Paltrinieri
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 108 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Metropolitan Opera Guild MET-13 {3LPS}; Rococo Records 1017 {3LPS} (1979)ª; Historical Opera Performances Edition HOPE 203 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Melodram Connaisseur CDM 27507 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 954 134 {2CDS}; (1995)ª; Arkadia 50005 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 981.H006 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2030 {2CDS} (2000)ª; The Opera Lovers SIM 193901 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.155-157 [CH]
Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.150
Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.8: Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4: Issue 100 July 1998 p.4 (mention) [MT]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.97 [MO]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 pp.93-94 [JS]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.143 settembre 2000 p.113 [GL]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 January 1939). The Melodram CD gives the maid as being Thelma Votipka, but according to the «Annals of the Metropol- itan Opera» she never sang this role there. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Hans Altman - 1947(RA)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Simon Boccanegra - Hans Reinmar
Jacopo Fiesco - Rudolf Wünzer
Amelia Grimaldi - Erna Dietrich
Gabriele Adorno - Alexander Miltschinoff
Paolo Albiani - Gerhard Misske
Pietro - Wulf von Lochner
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0240 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11+12 November-Dezember 2008 S.63-S.64 [SS]
International Record Review - June 2009 p.19 [JTH]
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950(LE)
Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren
Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Silva
Amelia Grimaldi - Celia García
Gabriele Adorno - Mario Filippeschi
Paolo Albiani - Carlo Morelli
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 185-1 {1CD} (1995)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1393-1 {1CDR} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - October 1995 p.46
American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.241
Classical Express - No.64 May 1995 p.3
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in Mexico City
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren
Jacopo Fiesco - Mihály Székely
Amelia Grimaldi - Astrid Varnay
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Giuseppe Valdengo
Pietro - Lorenzo Alvary
Un'ancella - Maxine Stellman
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paul Franke
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Black Disc - *Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 105-3 {3LPS}; Robin Hood Records RHR 506 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945.113 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Preiser Records 90520 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2003 pp.80-81 [AB]
Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60; Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75
Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.79
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 January 1950)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1951(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Simon Boccanegra - Paolo Silveri
Jacopo Fiesco - Mario Petri
Amelia Grimaldi - Antonietta Stella
Gabriele Adorno - Carlo Bergonzi
Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi
Pietro - Giorgio Giorgetti
Un'ancella - Bianca Furlai
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Walter Collo
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Black Disc - Cetra LAR 1231 {3LPS}; Cetra LPC 1231 {3LPS}; Cetra Soria LPS 1231 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 23 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 82648-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91113 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Warner Fonit 5050467 7906-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1957 p.280
Opera - December 1957 p.77
Opera News - December 10 1994 p.50; August 2002 p.60 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.363
Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 9) p.38
Gramophone Record Review - November 1957 p.60 [DH]
American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.300 [MDS]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.271
Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1996 p.55
Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.74
Le Monde de la Musique - No.183 décembre 1994 p.112
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.143 settembre 2000 p.113 [GL]
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi
Jacopo Fiesco - Boris Christoff
Amelia Grimaldi - Victoria de los Ángeles
Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Campora
Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi
Pietro - Paolo Dari
Un'ancella - Silvia Bertona
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paolo Caroli
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Black Disc; - HMV ALPS 1634 - ALP 1635/36 {3LPS 5-sides} (1958)ª; HMV SLS 5090 (+arias) {2LPS} (1977)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALPS 10229 - QALP 10230/31 {3LPS 5 sides} ; Capitol-EMI GCR 7126 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; Seraphim 1C-1655 {3LPS} (+arias)
Compact Cassette - HMV TC-SLS 5090
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63513-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; EMI Références CHS 67483-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110119-20 {2CDS} (2009)ª; Regis RRC 2083 {2CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293 p.317; January 1959 p.345; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; October 1977 p.504 [JBS]; September 1990 p. [AB]; April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]; June 2009 p.95 (mention)
Opera - January 1959 p.52
Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.76-S.77 [SL]
Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]
High Fidelity Magazine - November 1958 Vol.8 No.11 p.76 [DJ]
American Record Guide - December 1958 Vol.25 No.4 p.234 [RS]: March 1980 Vol.43 No.5 p.44 [PCP]: July/August 2009 Vol.72 No.4 p.251 [RVL]
International Record Review - January 2001 p.122 [RP]: June 2009 p.19 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [VJ]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2009 pp.94-95 [SH]
Comments:- *Recorded 25 September to 30 September and 1 November 1957
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi
Jacopo Fiesco - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Amelia Grimaldi - Leyla Gencer
Gabriele Adorno - Mirto Picchi
Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi
Pietro - Giovanni Amodeo
Un'ancella - Anna Maria Borrelli
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gino Borrelli
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Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6002-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6552/6553 {2CDS} (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Hardy Classic HCA 60002-2 (PAL) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2009 p.95 (mention) (audio)
Fanfare - Vol.32 No.4 March/April 2009 pp.258-259 (audio) [JM]
Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]
Classical Express - Issue No.109 April 1999 p.3 (audio) [MT]
L'opera (Milano) - n.123 novembre 1998 supplemento p.26 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.96 [LB] (audio)
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at Naples and audio recording of its soundtrack (26 December 1958; see OPERA March 1959 p.179)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Frank Guarrera
Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Zinka Milanov
Gabriele Adorno - Carlo Bergonzi
Paolo Albiani - Ezio Flagello
Pietro - Norman Scott
Un'ancella - Maria Yauger
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy
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Black Disc - foyer FO 1023 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4539-40 {2CDS}; Bensar OL 4260 (BRO 125830) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - June 1994 p.55
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 p.152 [WA2]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Met on April 2nd 1960 (See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.257-258. Leonard Warren sang in the first performance of this production on March 1st, but died 3 days later. The performance on March 15th is reviewed in Opera May 1960 p.336. The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670 and the CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi
Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Leyla Gencer
Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Zampieri
Paolo Albiani - Rolando Panerai
Pietro - Vito Susca
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Glade Peterson
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03 010 {3LPS} Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 1 {2LPS} Rodolphe «Crescendo» RP 12702 (highlights) {1LP};
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 732 {2CDS} ; *Gala GL 100.508 (+highlights Falstaff - Karajan 1957) {2CDS} ;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1351 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.280-281 [ADC]
Orpheus - April 1996 S.59
American Record Guide - March/April 1985 Vol.48 No.3 p.38 (highlights) [KM]
Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.79
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival. Another performance is reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1961 p.59
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Simon Boccanegra - Giuseppe Taddei
Jacopo Fiesco - Plinio Clabassi
Amelia Grimaldi - Floriana Cavalli
Gabriele Adorno - Flaviano Labò
Paolo Albiani - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Pietro - Tulio Gagliardo
Un'ancella - Corrada Malfa
Un capitano dei balestrieri - José Crea
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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1961). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the CD supplement to his catalogue dated Spring 2004.
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Conductor Nino Verchi - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Frank Guarrera
Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Renata Tebaldi
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Ezio Flagello
Pietro - Norman Scott
Un'ancella - Athena Vicos
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 355; Myto 2 MCD 052 308 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.84 [JS]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (18 February 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Simon Boccanegra - Cornell MacNeil
Jacopo Fiesco - William Wilderman
Amelia Grimaldi - Leyla Gencer
Gabriele Adorno - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Paolo Albiani - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Pietro - Tulio Gagliardo
Un'ancella - Corrada Malfa
Un capitano dei balestrieri - José Crea
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01269
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1195 {2CDRS} *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 211 «Italian Opera from Teatro Colón» ;; {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (28 June 1964).
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Simon Boccanegra - Giuseppe Taddei
Jacopo Fiesco - Raffaele Ariè
Amelia Grimaldi - Claudia Parada
Gabriele Adorno - Robleto Merolla
Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi
Pietro - Enrico Campi
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01260
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo gi Palermo (December 1964). The cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni attraverso le stagioni liriche e gli artisti» p.179. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Anselmo Colzani
Jacopo Fiesco - Jerome Hines
Amelia Grimaldi - Renata Tebaldi
Gabriele Adorno - George Shirley
Paolo Albiani - Justino Díaz
Pietro - Norman Scott
Un'ancella - Nadyne Brewer
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1649 (& 1415 & 3585 & 3381) ;; Living Stage LS 1119 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Diapason - No.535 avril 2006 p.106 [MP]
Classica Répertoire - No.72 mai 2005 p.104 [AT]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1966(LE)
Orchestra - Omroeporkest
Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor
Simon Boccanegra - Peter Glossop
Jacopo Fiesco - Ugo Trama
Amelia Grimaldi - Orianna Santunione
Gabriele Adorno - Angelo Mori
Paolo Albiani - Jan Derksen
Pietro - Cor Niessen
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Cor Niessen
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Compact Disc - Mitridate «Ponto» «Jan Derksen sings Verdi» Vol.4 PO 2004 (+Simon Boccanegra (complete) +Don Carlo +Otello +Falstaff - all excerpts) {4CDS} (2008)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance of a abridged version in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (26 March 1966). The information in this entry is as given by «Ponto» and was kindly supplied by Neville Sumpter.
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Münchner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Giuseppe Taddei
Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Antonietta Stella
Gabriele Adorno - Gianfranco Cecchele
Paolo Albiani - Renato Cesari
Pietro - Ivan Sardi
Un'ancella - Luise Camer
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Kurt Meier
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Compact Disc; - Giuseppe Di Stefano GDS 21011 {2CDS} ; *House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Munich Festival. According to the review in OPERA (Festival Issue 1966 pp.76, 78, 79
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1968(LI;Orlandi-Malaspina)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Cornell MacNeil
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Rita Orlandi Malaspina
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Sherrill Milnes
Pietro - Paul Plishka
Un'ancella - Ann Florio
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Rod MacWherter
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SIM 196802 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 October 1968). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1968(LI;Tucci)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Cornell MacNeil
Jacopo Fiesco - Jerome Hines
Amelia Grimaldi - Gabriella Tucci
Gabriele Adorno - George Shirley
Paolo Albiani - Sherrill Milnes
Pietro - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Un'ancella - Nadyne Brewer
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Rod MacWherter
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 196801 {2CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1968). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Josef Krips - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Gundula Janowitz
Gabriele Adorno - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Paolo Albiani - Robert Kerns
Pietro - Manfred Jungwirth
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 022 259 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 2002 p.83 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 p.201 [JM]
Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.83 [CC]
American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.260-261 [RVL]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - octubre 2002 No.158 pp.46-47 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.87 [AG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (28 March 1969)
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Conductor James Levine - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Cornell MacNeil
Jacopo Fiesco - Ezio Flagello
Amelia Grimaldi - Renata Tebaldi
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Franco Iglesias
Pietro - Ara Berberian
Un'ancella - Penelope Jensen
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Rod MacWherter
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 189-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - October 1995 p.46
Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84
American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.190
Classical Express - No.64 May 1995 p.3
Comments:- *This recording was attributed by Legato to being of a performance given by the Miami Opera, but according to the chronology in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.251, the partial cast listed by Legato was the same as that of a concert performance of Simon Boccanegra given in the Cleveland Public Auditorium on 13 December 1969. That this is the correct attribution is confirmed by a post by Calvin M. Goodwin on Opera-L:-
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Conductor James Lockhart - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Welsh Philharmonia
Chorus - Welsh National Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Delme Bryn-Jones
Jacopo Fiesco - Forbes Robinson
Amelia Grimaldi - Josephine Barstow
Gabriele Adorno - Keith Erwen
Paolo Albiani - Thomas Allen
Pietro - David Gwynne
Un'ancella - Molly Pope
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Terence Walters
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Compact Disc - Oriel Music Society OMS 007/2 {2CDS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea (17 October 1970). This was performed in an English translation by Nell and John Moody and was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 17-23 October 1970 p.21)
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Conductor Ino Savini - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Simon Boccanegra - Cornell MacNeil
Jacopo Fiesco - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Amelia Grimaldi - Lucy Kelston
Gabriele Adorno - Robleto Merolla
Paolo Albiani - Enric Serra
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Compact Disc - Ino Savini Live Collection No.7 {2CDS}; House of Opera CDWW 1196 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (December 1970; see OPERA March 1971 p.337
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Simon Boccanegra - Mario Zanasi
Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi
Amelia Grimaldi - Maria Chiara
Gabriele Adorno - Nicola Martinucci
Paolo Albiani - Giovanni Ciminelli
Pietro - Giovanni Antonini
Un'ancella - Anna Lia Bazzani
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Mario Carlin
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Compact Disc; - Canale Records 539507/08 {2CDS}; Mondo Musica MFOH 10700 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 2000 S.66 [GH]
American Record Guide - Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.271 [MM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1971 (& 1972)(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno - Gianni Raimondi
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Giovanni Foiani
Un'ancella - Milena Pauli
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gianfranco Manganotti
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Compact Disc - foyer 2 CF 2044 {2CDS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.61 [WD]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 pp.83-84 {Myto) [MC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (December 1971). House of Opera (CDBB 915) and Premiere (CDNO 1193-2) have issued CDRs and Myto has issued CDs (2 MCD 044 296) with a recording of the performance on 8 January 1972 which had the same cast. See ARG May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.243-244.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Münchner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi
Amelia Grimaldi - Gundula Janowitz
Gabriele Adorno - Róbert Ilosfalvy
Paolo Albiani - William Murray
Pietro - Janos Tessényi
Un'ancella - Daphne Evangelatos
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Wilhelm Walter
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1967-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 728
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (19 July 1971). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 6 January 1972. See Radio Times Issue dated 1-7 January 1972 p.48. The performance on 21 July 1971 is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1971 pp.56-57. The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» dated Wed. November 16 2005.
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1973(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi
Amelia Grimaldi - Katia Ricciarelli
Gabriele Adorno - Plácido Domingo
Paolo Albiani - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Pietro - Maurizio Mazzieri
Un'ancella - Ornella Jachetti
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - RCA SER 5696-8 {3LPS} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 70729 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 62 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1974 p.1599 [AP]; June 1974 p.30 [SIR]; September 1987 p.482 [AB]
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Ingvar Wixell
Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Adriana Maliponte
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Lawrence Shadur
Pietro - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Un'ancella - Constance Webber
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Charles Anthony
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SIM 197401 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1974). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor John Matheson - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - BBC Concert Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Singers
Simon Boccanegra - Sesto Bruscantini
Jacopo Fiesco - Gwynne Howell
Amelia Grimaldi - Josella Ligi
Gabriele Adorno - André Turp
Paolo Albiani - William Elvin
Pietro - Paul Hudson
Un'ancella - Patricia Taylor
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 293 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Voce 9 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01265
Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1002 (+excerpts cond. Abbado 1976) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera Rara ORCV 302 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2004 p.92 [AB]
Opera News - July 2004 pp.63-64 [DS]
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.1 September/October 2004 pp.210-211 [JK,JM]
Orpheus - April 2002 S.52-S.53 [GH]
Opéra International - No.274 décembre 2002 pp.74-75 [PC]; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.82 [JC]
Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 p.120 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.222 p.103 [ES]
International Record Review - May 2004 pp.75-76 [HC]
BBC Music Magazine - June 2004 p.71 [GH]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2004 p.101 [TP]
American Record Guide - September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 pp.214-215 [RVL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 p.85 [VM]: No.73 septiembre 2004 p.87 [PN]
Classica Répertoire - No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 pp.120-121 [PT]
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance of the 1857 version before an invited audience in the Golders Green Hippodrome on 2 August 1975 and broadcast on 1 January 1976 - see OPERA February 1976 p.185
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Conductor Paolo Peloso - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Ingvar Wixell
Jacopo Fiesco - Martti Talvela
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Giorgio Merighi
Paolo Albiani - Allan Monk
Pietro - James Courtney
Un'ancella - Donna Petersen
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gary Burgess
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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (14 November 1975)
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1976(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Luigi Roni
Amelia Grimaldi - Raina Kabaivanska
Gabriele Adorno - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Giovanni Foiani
Un'ancella - Milena Pauli
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gianfranco Manganotti
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1002 (+recording of 1857 version - Matheson) {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 p,85 (mention) [VM]
Comments:- *The excerpts issued on the Ponto label are a «filler» on the CDs which carry the recording of the 1857 edition conducted by John Matheson. Simone Boccanegra was performed at La Scala with this cast on 17, 22, 24 April 1976. It is not known if all the singers listed above appear in the excerpts.
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Stabile Emilia-Romagna
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Stefan Elenkov
Amelia Grimaldi - Giuliana Trombin
Gabriele Adorno - Nunzio Todisco
Paolo Albiani - Giorgio Lormi
Pietro - Alfonso Marchica
Un'ancella - Maria Gabriella Onesti
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Mario Carlin
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01268
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (28 December 1976). The cast listed above is that given in «Teatro Regio di Città Parma Cronologia degli Spettacoli Lirici 1929-1979» p.230. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Union of Japan Professional Choruses
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Katia Ricciarelli
Gabriele Adorno - Giorgio Merighi
Paolo Albiani - Lorenzo Saccomani
Pietro - Paolo Mazzotta
Un'ancella - Scilly Fortunato
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Pietro di Vietri
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5173 (2004)ª; Video Artists International DVDVAI 4484 (2009)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated 1225 (NTSC) (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2009 pp.66-67 [ML]
American Record Guide - September/October 2009 Vol.72 No.5 p.292 [MM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Tokyo (October 1976). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases for Fall 2004. Premiere lists «Luchetti» as a cast member but the archive of the Opera Japonica website gives Giorgio Merighi as singing Gabriele Adorno. The VHS Video Cassette issued by Lyric is listed in «New Video Cassette Listings - September 1988». Here Merighi is listed as a cast member but the year is given as 1973. The date of the performance on the recording ssued by VAI is given as 26 September 1976.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1976(LI;London)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi
Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Giovanni Foiani
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1609-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the La-Scala company in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (March 1976; see OPERA May 1976 pp.416-418). It does not appear that a performance was broadcast so, presumably, this recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1976(LI;Washington)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Raina Kabaivanska
Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Giovanni Foiani
Un'ancella - Maria Fausta Galamini
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Antonio Savastano
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera 432 {2CDRS}; The Opera Lovers SIM 197602 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the La Scala company in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, USA (15 September 1976; see OPERA December 1976 p.1130). According to House of Opera's website the date of this recording is November 1976, but the visit of the La Scala company to Washington took place in September 1976, and the only date on which Simon Boccanegra was performed with the cast listed (as given above) was 15 September 1976 (see «La Scala 67-92 - Ventisei Stagioni al Teatro alla Scala» p.76). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given correctly as «Sept. 1976».
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1977(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno - José Carreras
Paolo Albiani - José van Dam
Pietro - Giovanni Foiani
Un'ancella - Maria Fausta Galamini
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Antonio Savastano
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Black Disc - *DG 2709 071 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - DG 3 MC 3371 032
Compact Disc; - DG 415 692-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª; DG «The Originals» 449 752-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1977 p.893 [AB]; October 1997 p.142 [AB]; December 1977 p.1149 [AB]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; January 1978 p.1307 [JB]; September1986 p.[HF]; October 1997 p. [AB]
Opera - Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.29 [RM]
Fanfare - Vol.1 No.3 January 1978 p.58 [KH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.221-222 [AR]
Diapason - No.435 mars 1997 p.106
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.108(mention)
Classic CD - May 1997 p.74
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.574
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Giovanni Foiani
Un'ancella - Marise Acerra
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Mario Agnetti
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DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1073 (Japan)
VHS Video Cassette; - Dreamlife DMVD 102 (Japanese NTSC) (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Paris. The DVD and Video issued by «Dreamlife» arelisted on their website:-
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Conductor Hans Vonk - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Omroeporkest
Chorus - Nederlands Operakoor
Simon Boccanegra - Jan Derksen
Jacopo Fiesco - Robert Lloyd
Amelia Grimaldi - Sonja Poot
Gabriele Adorno - Michail Svetlev
Paolo Albiani - Pieter Van Den Berg
Pietro - Ivan Thomas
Un'ancella - Hélène Versloot
Un capitano dei balestrieri - André Spijker
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Compact Disc - Mitridate «Ponto» «Jan Derksen sings Verdi» Vol.4 PO 2004 (+Simon Boccanegra +Don Carlo +Otello +Falstaff - all excerpts) {4CDS} (2008)
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3953
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Circustheater, Scheveningen (20 or 22 April 1978). The information in this entry is as given by «Ponto» and was kindly supplied by Neville Sumpter.
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Sherrill Milnes
Jacopo Fiesco - James Morris
Amelia Grimaldi - Ellen Shade
Gabriele Adorno - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Paolo Albiani - William Stone
Pietro - Edmund Zelotes Toliver
Un'ancella - Penelope Daner
Un capitano dei balestrieri - William Mitchell
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SIM 197901 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera (Italy) unnumbered {2CRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (3 November 1979). The cast listed above is that given on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and those issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Cesare Siepi
Amelia Grimaldi - Margaret Price
Gabriele Adorno - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Paolo Albiani - Angelo Romero
Pietro - Leonardo Monreale
Un'ancella - Luciana Palombi
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Florindo Andreolli
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Black Disc - Historic Recording Enterprises HRE V820-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 198001 {2CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (See OPERA December 1980 p.1191)
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Simon Boccanegra - Matteo Manuguerra
Jacopo Fiesco - Boris Christoff
Amelia Grimaldi - Maria Parazzini
Gabriele Adorno - Gianfranco Cecchele
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 8474
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (10 May 1980). The performance on 2 May 1980 is reviewed in OPERA September 1980 pp.938-939.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Alfredo Giacomotti
Un'ancella - Nella Verri
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Elio Cesari
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Compact Disc - Beautiful Music of the World BMW 1006/7 {2CDRS}
VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1228 (NTSC)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance given by the company of La Scala in Tokyo (1 September 1981). The «Beautiful Music of the World» CDRs are listed in the Parnassus Records online catalogue «Gold and Silver» 13.
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 198101 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (9 February 1981; see OPERA May 1981 p.514). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1981(STU)
Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera
Chorus - Hungarian State Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Lajos Miller
Jacopo Fiesco - József Gregor
Amelia Grimaldi - Veronika Kincses
Gabriele Adorno - János B Nagy
Paolo Albiani - István Gáti
Pietro - Balázs Hantos
Un'ancella - Klári Jász
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Attila Fülöp
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Black Disc - Hungaroton SLPD 12522-12524 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Hungaroton MK 12522-12524
Compact Disc - Hungaroton HCD 12522-12523 {2CDS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1983 p.683 [AB]
Opera News - February 22 1997 p.42
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.221-222 [AR]
American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.226 [KM]
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Robert Lloyd
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Franco Bonisolli
Paolo Albiani - Jonathan Summers
Pietro - Roderick Earle
Un'ancella - Jane Powell
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Handel Owen
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02496
Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1 June 1982). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 20 May - 4 June 1982 p.49). The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1992 on live-rare-opera's website.
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Conductor Alessandro Siciliani - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia
Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia
Simon Boccanegra - Guillermo Sarabia
Jacopo Fiesco - James Morris
Amelia Grimaldi - Ellen Shade
Gabriele Adorno - Corneliu Murgu
Paolo Albiani - Richard Fredricks
Pietro - Richard Cross
Un'ancella - Dorothy Cardella
Un capitano dei balestrieri - George Mackes
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02500
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (3 February 1983). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Partial Performance Chronology 1975-2000» (click link below). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi
Amelia Grimaldi - Katia Ricciarelli
Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti
Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi
Pietro - Konstantin Sfiris
Un'ancella - Anna Gonda
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Ewald Aichberger
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Compact Disc; - RCA «Wiener Staatsoper Live» 74321 57733-2 (2CDS) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1999 p.96 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.291 [JM]
Orpheus - März 1999 S.56-57 [SL]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.2 Spring 2001 pp.323-325 [RG]
Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.89 [JC]
Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.1 [MT]
International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 [MO]
Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 pp.69-70 [PT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.96, p.98 [MH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (22 March 1984; see OPERA June 1984 pp.631-632
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Conductor Angelo Campori - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Cesare Siepi
Amelia Grimaldi - Josella Ligi
Gabriele Adorno - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Paolo Albiani - Mario Basiola jnr.
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Compact Disc; - Cin Cin CCD 1024-1025 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1568-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna at the Rocca Brancaleone, Ravenna (July 1984; see OPERA November 1984 p.1217
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Conductor James Levine - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Sherrill Milnes
Jacopo Fiesco - Paul Plishka
Amelia Grimaldi - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Gabriele Adorno - Vasile Moldoveanu
Paolo Albiani - Richard J Clark
Pietro - James Courtney
Un'ancella - Dawn Upshaw
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy
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Laser Disc; - Pioneer Artists PA 88225 (NTSC) (1988)ª
DVD (Video) - Pioneer Classics PIBC 2010 (Japan) (2000)ª; DG 073 4403 (2008)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Paramount Home Video 12609 (+BETA) (NTSC); Home Vision BOC 01 (+BETA) (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 2008 p.113 [JBS]
Opera News - April 15 1989 p.22 [HEP]
Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.68 [SS]
Diapason - No.560 juillet-aoüt 2008 pp.119-120 [MP]
American Record Guide - September/October 2008 Vol.71 No.5 p.263 [CHP]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.113 septiembre 2008 p.91 [PN]
Opéra Magazine - No.42 juillet-aoüt 2009 p.86 [RM]
Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1984)
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France
Chorus - Choeurs de Radio France
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Paul Plishka
Amelia Grimaldi - Montserrat Caballé
Gabriele Adorno - Lando Bartolini
Paolo Albiani - Alain Fondary
Pietro - Alain Vernhes
Un'ancella - Christine Pirson
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Bruno Costantini
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 914 (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5414 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Chorégies d'Orange (July 1985; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1985 No.84 p.43). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22» and the DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases dated 10 September 2005.
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Conductor Myung-Whun Chung - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Sherrill Milnes
Jacopo Fiesco - Paul Plishka
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Vasile Moldoveanu
Paolo Albiani - Richard J Clark
Pietro - Terry Cook
Un'ancella - Janet Wagner
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 198601 {2CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1986). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Gabor Otvös - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Cesare Siepi
Amelia Grimaldi - Ileana Cotrubas
Gabriele Adorno - Taro Ichihara
Paolo Albiani - Enric Serra
Pietro - Antonio Zerbini
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1943-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (8 March 1986; see OPERA May 1986 p.573). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» dated Wed. November 16 2005.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Giuseppe Taddei
Jacopo Fiesco - Kurt Rydl
Amelia Grimaldi - Gabriele Lechner
Gabriele Adorno - Luis Lima
Paolo Albiani - Luis Giron-May
Pietro - Goran Simic
Un'ancella - Anna Gonda
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Bojidar Nikolov
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3781 (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (4 October 1988). Some of the information about the cast comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995» compiled by Harald Hoyer.
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Conductor Myung-Whun Chung - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Simon Boccanegra - Giorgio Zancanaro
Jacopo Fiesco - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Amelia Grimaldi - Maria Chiara
Gabriele Adorno - Mario Malagnini
Paolo Albiani - Franco Sioli
Pietro - Gianfranco Casarini
Un'ancella - Giuliana Matteini
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Romano Emili
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1199 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (29 September 1988; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL novembre 1988 No.119 p.46)
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Conductor Maurizio Rinaldi - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Amadeus
Chorus - Ar. P. A. Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Alberto Mastromarino
Jacopo Fiesco - Riccardo Ristori
Amelia Grimaldi - Anna Valdeterra
Gabriele Adorno - Gabriella Déry
Paolo Albiani - Alessandro Calamai
Pietro - Giovanni Dagnino
Un'ancella - C. Cattabiani
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Filippo Pina
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Black Disc - Tima Club
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance at Rieti (10 October 1988)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1989(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra - Leo Nucci
Jacopo Fiesco - Paata Burchuladze
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall
Paolo Albiani - Paolo Coni
Pietro - Carlo Colombara
Un'ancella - Anna Zoroberto
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Ernesto Gavazzi
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Compact Cassette; - Decca 425 628-4 (1989)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 425 628-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Decca 475 7011 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1989 p.1066 p.1209 [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.164-167 [WA2]
Stereophile - February 1991 (Vol.14 No.2) p.199
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Conductor Sylvain Cambreling - 1990(LC)
Orchestra - Théâtre de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)
Chorus - Théâtre de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)
Simon Boccanegra - José van Dam
Jacopo Fiesco - David Pittsinger
Amelia Grimaldi - Nancy Gustafson
Gabriele Adorno - Alberto Cupido
Paolo Albiani - William Stone
Pietro - Carlos Krause
Un capitano dei balestrieri - André Grégoire
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Compact Disc - Ricercar Secondo RIS 093070-71 {2CDS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1992 p.96 [AB]
Comments:- Recorded at performances at the «Monnaie» (September 1990, see OPERA December 1990 p.1464)
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Conductor Uwe Mund - 1990(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Fiesco - Paul Plishka
Amelia Grimaldi - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Gabriele Adorno - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall
Paolo Albiani - Carlos Chausson
Pietro - Alfonso Echeverria
Un'ancella - Maria Àngels Sarroca
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Antonio (Antoni) Comas
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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2144 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2755 (NTSC) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo. The recording was probably made at the performance on 31 May 1990 which was a gala. There were other performances on 5, 7, 9, 12 June. See «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» pp.539-540. The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases» and the DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Roberto Paternostro - 1990(LI)
Orchestra - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - NOT KNOWN
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Mariana Nicolesco
Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Sabbatini
Paolo Albiani - Alberto Rinaldi
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Compact Disc; - Capriccio CD 60 018-2 {2CDS}; Capriccio «editionopera» CC 51207 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.62 (mention) [GH]
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Tokyo
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1991
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Simon Boccanegra - Alexander Agache
Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Michael Sylvester
Paolo Albiani - Alan Opie
Pietro - Mark Beesley
Un'ancella - Elizabeth Sikora
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Rodney Gibson
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Laser Disc; - London 071 523-1 (NTSC); Decca 071-423-1 (PAL) (1992)ª
DVD (Video) - Decca 071 4239 (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 423-3(PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1993 p.110
Opera - January 1993 p.120
Opera News - June 1993 p.53
Fanfare - August Vol.38 No.6 July/August 2008 pp.378-379 [CC]
Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2008 S.71-S.72 [IW]
Opéra International - April 1993 p.64
Diapason - February 1993 p.76
American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.286 [RVL]
Répertoire - février 1993 p.93
Opéra Magazine - No.22 octobre 2007 pp.82-83 [JC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 p.86 [PMR]
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1993(LC)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Marseille
Chorus - L'Opéra de Marseille
Simon Boccanegra - José van Dam
Jacopo Fiesco - Manfred Schenk
Amelia Grimaldi - Daniela Longhi
Gabriele Adorno - Alberto Cupido
Paolo Albiani - Ned Barth
Pietro - Dino Musio
Un'ancella - Christiane Banus
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Jacques Puglisi
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Compact Disc - Lyrinx WMD 882127; Lyrinx LYR 127/129 {3CDS}
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.70
Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.178
Le Monde de la Musique - No.185 février 1995 p.91
Classical Express - Issue No.128 November 2000 p.6 [JTH]
International Record Review - December 2000 p.125 [PO'C]
Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.77
Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Marseille Opera (see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.167 p.57)
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Conductor Alexander Rahbari - 1994(STU)
Orchestra - Belgian Radio & TV
Chorus - Belgian Radio & TV Chorus and Jaak Gregoor Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Eduard Tumagian
Jacopo Fiesco - Peter Mikulás
Amelia Grimaldi - Miriam Gauci
Gabriele Adorno - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall
Paolo Albiani - Vincenzo Sardinero
Pietro - Vladimir de Kanel
Un'ancella - Gonzalo Tomckowiack
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Marijke Pieck
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Compact Disc - Discovery DICD 920225-920226
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1995 p.105
Opera - March 1995 p.363
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.370
BBC Music Magazine - January 1995 p.77
Classic CD - March 1995 p.75
Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.95
American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.190
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.102 septiembre 1997 p.57 [PL]
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Conductor James Levine - 1995(LC)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Vladimir Chernov
Jacopo Fiesco - Robert Lloyd
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Plácido Domingo
Paolo Albiani - Bruno Pola
Pietro - Hao Jiang Tan
Un'ancella - Joyce Olson
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Charles Anthony
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Laser Disc - DG 072 545-1 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 031-9 (2002)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 545-3 (NTSC); DG 072 445-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1998 p.108 [AB]; December 2002 p.102 (DVD) [AB]
Opera News - January 25 1997 p.52
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 pp.200-201 [BR]
Orpheus - März 1997 S.63; Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.93-S.94 [MK2]
Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.47; No.274 décembre 2002 pp.68-69 [SS]
Diapason - No.504 juin 2003 p.123 [MP]
Classical Express - Issue No.88 July 1997 p.5
International Record Review - November 2002 pp.82-83 [MVA]
BBC Music Magazine - January 2003 p.85 [CC]
American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.245-246 [RVL]
Musica (Milano) - No.101 Anno 21 - dicembere 1996-gennaio 1997 p.152
Répertoire - No.163 décembre 2002 p.34 [PT]
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Simon Boccanegra - Alexander Agache
Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Renée Fleming
Gabriele Adorno - Michael Sylvester
Paolo Albiani - Vassily Gerelo
Pietro - Michael Druiett
Un'ancella - Rodney Gibson
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Elizabeth Sikora
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 582 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (7 July 1995). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 1-7 July 1995 p.112) and reviewed in OPERA September 1995 pp.1024-1025. The CDs issued by House of Opera are listed in their list of «New Releases Summer 2000»
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Simon Boccanegra - José van Dam
Jacopo Fiesco - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Amelia Grimaldi - Karita Mattila
Gabriele Adorno - Lando Bartolini
Paolo Albiani - Luis Gaeta
Pietro - Giannantonio Verlato
Un'ancella - Marta Blanco
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Guido De Kehrig
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5257 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2789 (NTSC) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (May 1995). The VHS-video issued by Premiere is listed in their list entitled «NEW FALL 2003 VIDEO CASSETTE RELEASES» and the DVD is included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases»
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Conductor Mark Elder - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Giancarlo Pasquetto
Jacopo Fiesco - Alastair Miles
Amelia Grimaldi - Yelena Prokina
Gabriele Adorno - David Rendall
Paolo Albiani - Peter Sidhom
Pietro - Daniel Borowski
Un'ancella - Yvonne Patrick
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Kevin Sharp
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DVD (Video) - Warner Vision 3984 23025-2 (2004)ª; Kultur D 2043 (USA) (2004)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Warner Vision 3984 23025-3 (PAL) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - March 2005 pp.363-364 (DVD) [AB]
Opera Now - January/February 1999 p.92 [RF]
Opera News - December 2004 p.90 [WRB]
Orpheus - Juli 1999 S.63 [GH]
Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.68 [SS] ; No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.124 [PDF]
Diapason - No.525 mai 2005 p.135 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.90 [PF]
Classic CD - December 1998 p.116 [TB2]
Classical Express - Issue 104 November 1998 p.5 [JS]
BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 p.99 [ML]
International Record Review - January 2005 p.82 [MVA]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.77 [MG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.92 [VJ]
Classica Répertoire - No.74 juillet-aoüt 2005 pp.120-121 (DVD) [PF]
Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival (25 July 1998; seeOPERA September 1998 p.1059)
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Conductor Renato Palumbo - 1999(LC)
Orchestra - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia
Chorus - Coro
Simon Boccanegra - Vittorio Vitelli
Jacopo Fiesco - Francesco Ellero d'Artegna
Amelia Grimaldi - Annalisa Raspagliosi
Gabriele Adorno - Warren Mok
Paolo Albiani - Nikola Mijailovic
Pietro - Massimiliano Chiarolla
Un'ancella - Songhu Liu
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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 268/1-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 2001 pp.418-424 [RF]
Opera News - December 2000 p.84 [IS]
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.3 January/February 2001 p.286 [JM]
Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.56 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.1 Winter 2002 pp.124-125 [KH]
Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 p.68 [PC]
Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 p.92 [MP]
American Record Guide - January/February 2001 Vol.64 No.1 p.212 [CHP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.14 settembre 2000 p.113 [GL]
Musica (Milano) - N.120 ottobre 2000 p.96 [AT]
Répertoire - No.142 janvier 2001 p.77 [PT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 pp.59-60 [JS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 pp.97-98 [MC]
Comments:- Recording of the original (1857) version made at performances at the Festival della Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca (4, 6, 8 August 1999)
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Conductor James Levine - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Alexander Agache
Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Karita Mattila
Gabriele Adorno - Michael Sylvester
Paolo Albiani - Haijing Fu
Pietro - Hao Jiang Tian
Un'ancella - Carolyn Sielski
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Charles Anthony
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 199901 {2CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 February 1999). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Marco Guidarini - 2000(LC)
Orchestra - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Gordon Hawkins
Jacopo Fiesco - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)
Amelia Grimaldi - Nuccia Focile
Gabriele Adorno - Paul Charles Clarke
Paolo Albiani - Yaron Windmüller
Pietro - Martin Snell
Un'ancella - Wendy Dawn Thompson
Un capitano dei balestrieri - James Meng
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Compact Disc; - Morrison Music Trust MMT 2045/6 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2003 pp.80-81 [AB]
International Record Review - November 2002 p.76 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.84 [SG]
Comments:- *Recorded at performances in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (10, 12 March 2000)
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - European Festival Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Carlo Guelfi
Jacopo Fiesco - Julian Konstantinov
Amelia Grimaldi - Karita Mattila
Gabriele Adorno - Roberto Alagna
Paolo Albiani - Lucio Gallo
Pietro - Andrea Concetti
Un'ancella - Clare McCaldin
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Fabio Sartori
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 916 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1202-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (24 April 2000). The performance on 15 April 2000 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.248 juillet-aoüt 2000 pp.45-46. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and those issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».
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Conductor Simone Young - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Chorus - Australian Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Jonathan Summers
Jacopo Fiesco - Daniel Sumegi
Amelia Grimaldi - Yelena Prokina
Gabriele Adorno - Michael Sylvester
Paolo Albiani - Michael Lewis
Pietro - Richard Alexander
Un'ancella - Caroline Vercoe
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Han Lim
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3060 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Sydney Opera House (23 September 2000). This performance was broadcast by the ABC on 1 October 2006. The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «AUGUST 2007 ALERT».
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Chorus - Coro di Milano «G. Verdi» - European Festival Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - Vladimir Chernov
Jacopo Fiesco - Julian Konstantinov
Amelia Grimaldi - Marina Mescheriakova
Gabriele Adorno - Vincenzo La Scola
Paolo Albiani - Lucio Gallo
Pietro - Andrea Concetti
Un'ancella - Clare McCaldin
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Dario Balzanelli
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 731
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara (May 2001; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.38-39).
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Conductor Massimiliano Stefanelli - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra dell Sardegna
Chorus - Corale «Luigi Canepa» di Sassari
Simon Boccanegra - Simone Alaimo
Jacopo Fiesco - Luciano Graziosi
Amelia Grimaldi - Maria Mastino
Gabriele Adorno - Valter Borin
Paolo Albiani - Giuseppe Garra
Pietro - Victor Garcia
Un'ancella - Pina Muroni
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Luigi Poddighe
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Compact Disc; - Kicco Classics KC 084 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.73 [GH]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.165 ottobre 2002 p.99 [GL]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Verdi di Sassari (October 2001)
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Conductor Daniele Gatti - 2002(LC)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Thomas Hampson
Jacopo Fiesco - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Amelia Grimaldi - Cristina Gallardo-Domás
Gabriele Adorno - Miroslav Dvorsky
Paolo Albiani - Boaz Daniel
Pietro - Dan Paul Dumitrescu
Un'ancella - Songmi Yang
Un capitano dei balestrieri - John Nuzzo
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 974-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 917 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDZZ 938 (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5268 (2005)ª; TDK DVWW OPSIBOW (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - November 2007 pp.1396-1397 (DVD) [YS]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.310-311 (DVD) [HF]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.70 (DVD) [IW]
Diapason - No.547 S mai 2007 p.128 (DVD) [MP]
American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 pp.253-254 (DVD) [RVL]
Opéra Magazine - No.18 mai 2007 p.82 (DVD) [MB]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.85 (DVD) [JM]
Comments:- *Audio and Video recordings made at performances at the Vienna State Opera (October 2002; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.274 décembre 2002 pp.63-64: OPERA February 2003 p.168). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list of new issues dated May 2003, the DVD issued by House of Opera is (was?) included in its list of new issues dated November 2003 and the CDRs issued by them in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases»
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Simon Boccanegra - Carlo Guelfi
Jacopo Fiesco - Julian Konstantinov
Amelia Grimaldi - Karita Mattila
Gabriele Adorno - Vincenzo La Scola
Paolo Albiani - Lucio Gallo
Pietro - Andrea Concetti
Un'ancella - Katia Pellegrino
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Enrico Cossutta
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 816 {2CDS} (2002)ª
DVD (Video) - TDK «Mediactive» DV-OPSIBO (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2004 p.87 (DVD) [AB]
Opera - March 2005 pp.363-364 (DVD) [AB]
Opera News - July 2004 p.66 [WRB]
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.74 (DVD) [IW]
Opéra International - No.288 mars 2004 p.88 (DVD) [CC]
Diapason - No.515 juin 2004 p.123 [MP]
International Record Review - March 2004 p.79 (DVD) [SP]
BBC Music Magazine - April (published February) 2004 p.91 (DVD) [ML]
Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.123 (DVD) [PF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 p.82 (DVD) [PMH]
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro Comunale, Firenze. The date given in House of Opera's online catalogue (15 June 2002) is incorrect as Les Troyens à Carthage, not Simone Boccanegra, was performed in the Teatro Comunale on that day. The first performance of the series on 16 June 2002 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.272 octubre 2002 pp.28-29
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Conductor Antonello Allemandi - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta Filarmónica de Cluj
Chorus - Coro de la Filarmónica de Cluj - Coro Lírico de Cantabria
Simon Boccanegra - Roberto Frontali
Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Cristina Gallardo-Domás
Gabriele Adorno - Roberto Aronica
Paolo Albiani - Marzio Giossi
Pietro - Alberto Arrabal
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Compact Disc; - RTVE Música 65206 {2CDS} (Spain) (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 pp.86-87 [MC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palacio de Festivales, Santander as part of the Festival International de Santander (August 2003). The performance on 1 August 2003 is reviewed in OPERA ACTUAL No.64 octubre 2003 p.49.
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Conductor Patrick Summers - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Houston Grand Opera
Chorus - Houston Grand Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Jacopo Fiesco - Raymond Aceto
Amelia Grimaldi - Olga Guryakova
Gabriele Adorno - Marco Berti
Paolo Albiani - Patrick Carfizzi
Pietro - Ryan McKinny
Un'ancella - Maria Markina
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Beau Gibson
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3109 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance by the Houston Grand Opera in the George Brown Theater, Houston, Texas (October 2006). There is a review on the internet (click link below). The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «NOVEMBER 2007 ALERT».
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Conductor Michele Mariotti - 2007(LC)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Simon Boccanegra - Roberto Frontali
Jacopo Fiesco - Giacomo Prestia
Amelia Grimaldi - Carmen Giannattasio
Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Gipali
Paolo Albiani - Marco Vratogna
Pietro - Alberto Rota
Un'ancella - Lucia Michelazzo
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Enea Scala
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DVD (Video) - ArtHaus 101307 (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 2008 p.113 [JBS]
Fanfare - Vol.32 No.2 November/December 2008 pp.418-419 [LRB]
American Record Guide - November/December 2008 Vol.71 No.6 pp.258-260 [DF]
Opéra Magazine - No.42 juillet-aoüt 2009 p.86 [JC]
Comments:- *Recording made at performances in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (November 2007).
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Conductor Yves Abel - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Leo Nucci
Jacopo Fiesco - Giacomo Prestia
Amelia Grimaldi - Roxana Briban
Gabriele Adorno - Mario Malagnini
Paolo Albiani - Ejiro Kai
Pietro - Dan Paul Dumitrescu
Un'ancella - Donna Ellen
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Florin Ormenisian
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3348-2 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (27 September 2008). The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology (Spielplanarchiv) of the Vienna State Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» April 2009.
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Berlin
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Simon Boccanegra - Plácido Domingo
Jacopo Fiesco - Kwangchui Youn
Amelia Grimaldi - Anja Harteros
Gabriele Adorno - Fabio Sartori
Paolo Albiani - Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Pietro - Alexander Vinogradov
Un'ancella - Evelin Novak
Un capitano dei balestrieri - James Homann
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3999-2 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Berlin State Opera (October 2009). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» November 2009.
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Conductor James Levine - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Simon Boccanegra - José van Dam
Jacopo Fiesco - Raymond Aceto
Amelia Grimaldi - Barbara Frittoli
Gabriele Adorno - Marcello Giordani
Paolo Albiani - Nicola Alaimo
Un'ancella - Diane Droste
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Garret Sorenson
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3712-2 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Boston Symphony Hall (31 January 2009). James Morris, who was to have sung Fiesco, was ill and was replaced by Raymond Aceto who was to have sung Pietro. The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their list of new CD releases - June 2009.
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española