Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito is performed before a live audience at Florence's Teatro Comunale in this release featuring the music of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under conductor Claudio Abbado, and starring Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, and Karita Mattila.
Carlo Guelfi
as Simon Boccanegra
Julian Konstantinov
as Fiesco
Karita Mattila
as Maria Boccanegra
Vincenzo La Scola
as Gabriele Adorno
Lucio Gallo
as Paolo Albiani
Claudio Abbado
as Self - Conductor
