| Description |
2 audio discs (137 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
021616 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in a prologue and 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito; based on the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez. |
| Performer |
Mirella Freni (Maria Boccanegra) ; José Carreras (Gabriele Adorno) ; Piero Cappuccilli (Simon Boccanegra) ; Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco) ; José van Dam (Paolo Albiani) ; Giovanni Foiani (Pietro) ; supporting soloists ; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ; Claudio Abbado, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1977 January CTC-Studio, Milan. |
| Original Version |
Previously released: 1977. Deutsche Grammophon 2709 071 and 2740 169. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by K. H. Ruppel in German with French translation, by William Mann in English, and by Massimo Mila in Italian; additional notes by the conductor and Giorgio Strehler in Italian with English, German, and French translations; synopsis in German, English, French, and Italian; and libretto with German, English, and French translations (172 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Studio recordings.
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Studio recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
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Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
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Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020, singer.
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Carreras, José, singer.
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Cappuccilli, Piero, singer.
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Ghiaurov, Nicolai, 1929-2004, singer.
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Dam, José van, singer.
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Foiani, Giovanni, singer.
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Abbado, Claudio, conductor, writer of added commentary.
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Ruppel, K. H. (Karl Heinrich), writer of added commentary.
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Mann, William, 1924-1989, writer of added commentary.
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Mila, Massimo, writer of added commentary.
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Strehler, Giorgio, 1921-1997, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884.
Simón Boccanegra.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Simon Boccanegra.
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Container of (work): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Simon Boccanegra.
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Container of (expression): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Simon Boccanegra. English.
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Container of (expression): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Simon Boccanegra. French.
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Container of (expression): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Simon Boccanegra. German.
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Teatro alla Scala. Coro, singer.
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Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
028941569226 |
| Music No. |
415 692-2 Deutsche Grammophon (set) |
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415 693-2 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 1) |
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415 694-2 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 2) |
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