GIUSEPPE VERDI

 

Simon Boccanegra

 

Simon Boccanegra - Roberto Frontali

Amelia Grimaldi - Carmen Giannattasio

Jacopo Fiesco - Giacomo Prestia

Paolo Albiani - Marco Vratogna

 

Teatro Comunale Di Bologna / Michele Mariotti

Directed by Giorgio Gallione

Set Design by Guido Fiorato

 

Live Recording From The Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, 2007

 

Sliding marble walls, a mosaic-like floor, a leafless tree centre-stage, elegant costumes – with its young cast and a superlative performance by Roberto Frontali as Simon Boccanegra, this production has all the ingredients to leave a lasting impression. The Italian baritone is a regular guest at the world’s major opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala Milan, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Zurich Opera House, the Staatsoper Berlin and Dresden’s Semperoper. Born in 1979 and already principal conductor in Bologna, Michele Mariotti directs the ensemble in a bravura performance.

 

Simon Boccanegra is perhaps not one of Verdi’s best-known operas. The composer himself returned to revise the work on several occasions. The original opera was premiered in Venice in 1857, this revised version not until 1881. Although never considered one of Verdi’s crowd pullers, it remains one of the composer’s most beautiful creations. Verdi’s music underpins this human drama in all its surprising twists and turns.

 

Sound Format: PCM Stereo,

dts-HD Master Audio 5.1

Picture Format: 16:9

Resolution: 1080i FULL HD

Subtitle Languages: DE, IT, GB, FR, ES, JP

Running Time: 140 mins

Blu-ray Disc: 25 GB (Single Layer)

FSK: 0

Region Code: Worldwide

Worldwide available

 

NOTE; THIS BLU-RAY DISC IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD DVD PLAYERS

 

Arthaus Musik Blu-ray disc 101308