by Giuseppe Verdi, Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Gian Piero Mastromei, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra e Coro della RCA · Lyrica · CD · EAN 8014394401062
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«Verdi: Simon Boccanegra» is the album by Giuseppe Verdi, released in 2009 by Lyrica, on double CD.
Opera with a prologue and three acts set in 14th-century Genoa, amid political intrigue and a family conflict. It brings together Cappuccilli, Ricciarelli, Domingo and Raimondi, with Gavazzeni and the Orchestra e Coro della RCA. It features 'Il lacerato spirito' and 'Del mar sul lido'; Piave's libretto adapts García Gutiérrez's drama.
The opera premiered in 1857 and Verdi revised it in 1881 with Arrigo Boito; this recording corresponds to the revised version.
For fans of Italian opera and the performances of Piero Cappuccilli and Plácido Domingo.
