Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
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COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: VAI
WORKS: Simon Boccanegra
PERFORMER: Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Giorgio Merighi, Nicolai Ghiaurov; NHK SO/Oliviero De Fabritiis (TV production)
CATALOGUE NO: VAI 4484
A traditional, dull, poorly lit production captured in a fuzzy picture and with monochrome sound undermines the musical quality of this 1976 Japanese staging. George Hall