Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

This live account from 1958 has a very strong theatrical atmosphere, which compensates for its mediocre sound. Great singing, too. Michael Tanner

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4

Michael Tanner

COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Istituto Discografica Italiano
WORKS: Simon Boccanegra
PERFORMER: Leyla Gencer, Tito Gobbi, Marto Picchi; Teatro San Carlo di Napoli/Mario Rossi
CATALOGUE NO: IDIS 6552-53



This live account from 1958 has a very strong theatrical atmosphere, which compensates for its mediocre sound. Great singing, too. 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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