Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

A superbly sung recording, this was the standard account until Abbado’s great DG recording, which still commands the field. This is let down by soggy conducting, but still shows great singers in their prime. Michael Tanner

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:22 pm

COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Regis
WORKS: Simon Boccanegra
PERFORMER: Tito Gobbi, Victoria de los Angeles, Boris Christoff; Rome Opera/Gabriele Santini
CATALOGUE NO: RRC 2083

A superbly sung recording, this was the standard account until Abbado’s great DG recording, which still commands the field. This is let down by soggy conducting, but still shows great singers in their prime. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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