Giuseppe Verdi Simone Boccanegra
Melodramma in one Prologue and three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Final version by Arrigo Boito
Sung in Italian
New production
PREMIERE
- 15 August 1961, 20:00
- 24 August 1961, 20:00
- 29 August 1961, 20:00
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Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor
Herbert Graf, Stage director
Georges Wakhevitch, Stage sets
Georges Wakhevitch, Costumes
Tito Gobbi, Simone Boccanegra
Leyla Gencer, Amelia Grimaldi
Giorgio Tozzi, Jacopo Fiesco
Rolando Panerai, Robert Kerns, Paolo Albiani
Vito Susca, Pietro
Giuseppe Zampieri, Gabriele Adorno
Glade Petersen, Hauptmann
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic