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Simon Boccanegra

Saturday, 02/05/11 12:58pm

Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Barbara Frittoli as Amelia, Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Simon Boccanegra, and Roberto De Biasio as Gabriele in Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra." Taken during the rehearsal on January 17, 2011 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

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

Playlist

12:58pm

Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)

Composer	Richard Wagner
Ensemble	Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Fritz Reiner
CD/Album	Reiner Conducts Wagner
Record co./Cat #	RCA 4738
Release Year	1983
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1:06pm

Simon Boccanegra: Prologue

Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor	James Levine
Soloists	Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Record co./Cat #	Met Broadcast
Release Year	2011
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1:39pm

Simon Boccanegra: Act I

Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor	James Levine
Soloists	Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Record co./Cat #	Met Broadcast
Release Year	2011
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3:07pm

Simon Boccanegra: Act II

Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor	James Levine
Soloists	Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Record co./Cat #	Met Broadcast
Release Year	2011
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3:40pm

Simon Boccanegra: Act III

Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor	James Levine
Soloists	Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; Ramón Vargas, tenor ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Record co./Cat #	Met
Release Year	2011
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4:16pm

Il barbiere di Siviglia: "Largo al factotum"

Composer	Gioachino Rossini
Ensemble	Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor	Alceo Galliera
Soloists	Tito Gobbi, baritone
CD/Album	The Perfect Opera
Record co./Cat #	Angel 67438
Release Year	1958
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4:22pm

Falstaff: Honor Monologue

Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble	Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor	Herbert von Karajan
Soloists	Tito Gobbi, baritone
CD/Album	Verdi - Falstaff
Record co./Cat #	EMI 49668
Release Year	1957
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4:28pm

Il tabarro (excerpt)

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	Rome Opera Orchestra
Conductor	Vincenzo Bellezza
Soloists	Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Margaret Mas, soprano
CD/Album	Puccini: Il trittico
Record co./Cat #	EMI 64165
Release Year	1956
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4:32pm

Tosca: Act I (excerpt)

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Conductor	Victor de Sabata
Soloists	Tito Gobbi, baritone
CD/Album	Puccini: Tosca
Record co./Cat #	EMI 47174
Release Year	1953
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4:36pm

Tosca: Act II (excerpt)

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Conductor	Victor de Sabata
Soloists	Tito Gobbi, baritone
CD/Album	Puccini: Tosca
Record co./Cat #	EMI 47174
Release Year	1953
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4:42pm

Pagliacci: Prologue

Composer	Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ensemble	Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Conductor	Lovro von Matačić
Soloists	Tito Gobbi, baritone
CD/Album	Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Record co./Cat #	EMI 63967
Release Year	1961
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4:51pm

Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: "Soupir"

Composer	Claude Debussy
Soloists	Margaret Price, soprano ; James Lockhart, piano
CD/Album	Französische und spanische Lieder
Record co./Cat #	Orfeo 038831
Release Year	1983
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4:55pm

Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)

Composer	Richard Wagner
Ensemble	Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Fritz Reiner
CD/Album	Reiner Conducts Wagner
Record co./Cat #	RCA 4738
Release Year	1983
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