Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito is performed before a live audience at Florence's Teatro Comunale in this release featuring the music of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under conductor Claudio Abbado, and starring Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, and Karita Mattila.

• Francesco Maria PiaveWriter
• Peter SteinDirector
• Carlo BattistoniDirector
• Giuseppe VerdiOriginal Music Composer

• Carlo GuelfiSimon Boccanegra
• Julian KonstantinovFiesco
• Karita MattilaMaria Boccanegra
• Vincenzo La ScolaGabriele Adorno
• Lucio GalloPaolo Albiani
• Claudio AbbadoSelf - Conductor