Simon Boccanegra

Item

Record ID

1098

Identifier

90722

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Simon Boccanegra

Uniform Title

Simon Boccanegra

Program/Series Title

Live from the Met

Composer

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Text Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876 (libretto) ; Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 (libretto)

Production Year

1985

Transmission/Release Date

4/17/85

Transmission/Release Year

1985

Home Video - DVD

DG

Conductor/Music Director

Levine, James

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra

Soloists

Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Paul Plishka (Jacopo Fiesco) ; Richard J. Clark (Paolo Albiani) ; James Courtney (Pietro) ; Dawn Upshaw (Maid) ; Robert Nagy (Captain)

Participants

Alexander Scourby (Host) ; Peter Allen (Announcer)

TV/Film Director

Large, Brian

Stage Director

Capobianco, Tito

Sets

Pizzi, Pier Luigi

Costumes

Pizzi, Pier Luigi

Production Company

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.

Producer

Paul, S.J. III

Technical Information

Color ; stereo

Other Information

Intermission features: The Inaugural Season (film) ; The German Era / The Golden Age (film). Sonya Friedman English subtitles. At the beginning of the program announcer Peter Allen noted that Alexander Scourby died in February.

Duration

ca.180'

Presenting Station

WNET

Company

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Recorded

Taped for later airing, and live transmission to Europe December 29, l984

Archive

Paley Center for Media

Sourcemat

DLCAT-222