Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Wiener Symphoniker Orchestra

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Prologue
• 1Che dicesti? Paolo, Pietro, Simone, marinai, artigiani06:36
• 2L’atra magion vedete? Paolo, Pietro, Fiesco, marinai, artigiani02:55
• 3A te l’estremo addio, palagio altero Fiesco, donne, uomini05:03
• 4Suona ogni labbro il mio nome Simone, Fiesco06:12
• 5Oh, de’ Fieschi implacata, orrida razza Simone, Fiesco, Paolo, Pietro, marinai, artigiani03:57
• Act One
• 6Preludio · Prelude · Prélude · Vorspiel02:08
• 7Come in quest’ora bruna sorridon gli astri e il mare! Amelia04:07
• 8Cielo di stelle orbato Gabriele, Amelia, Pietro07:09
• 9Propizio ei giunge! Gabriele, Fiesco04:21
• 10Il Doge vien Gabriele, Fiesco, Doge, Paolo, Amelia03:38
• 11Orfanella il tetto umile m’accogliea d’una meschina ...Figlia! a tal nome io palpito Amelia, Doge09:07
• 12Che rispose? — Rinuncia a ogni speranza Paolo, Doge, Pietro01:14
• 13Messeri, il re di Tartaria vi porge pegni Doge, Paolo, Pietro, Gabriele, consiglieri, popolo06:57
• 14Ferisci! — Amelia! Amelia, Gabriele, Doge, Fiesco, Paolo, Pietro, consiglieri00:54
• 15Amelia, di’ come fosti rapita ... Nell’ora soave che all’estasi invita02:36
• 16Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo ... Piango su voi Doge, Amelia, Pietro, Paolo, Gabriele, Fiesco, consiglieri, popolani05:12
• 17Ecco la spada Gabriele, Doge, Paolo, Pietro, Amelia, Fiesco, consiglieri, popolani04:33
• Act Two
• 18Quei due vedesti? Paolo, Pietro02:21
• 19Prigioniero in qual loco m’adduci? Fiesco, Paolo01:43
• 20Udisti? — Vil disegno! ... Sento avvampar nell’anima ... Cielo pietoso, rendila Paolo, Gabriele05:18
• 21Tu qui? — Amelia! Amelia, Gabriele04:18
• 22Figlia! — Sì afflitto, o padre mio? Doge, Amelia05:46
• 23Oh! Amelia... ami... un nemico ... Perdon, Amelia Doge, Gabriele, Amelia06:47
• 24All’armi, all’armi, o Liguri Coro, Amelia, Gabriele, Doge01:18
• Act Three
• 25Evviva il Doge! Coro, Capitano, Fiesco, Paolo06:49
• 26M’ardon le tempia ... Come un fanatasima Fiesco t’appar Doge, Fiesco06:53
• 27Piango, perché mi parla in te del ciel la voce Fiesco, Doge03:48
• 28Chi veggo! Maria, Doge, Gabriele02:08
• 29Gran Dio, li benedici Doge, Maria, Gabriele, Fiesco, coro07:58
• Total Runtime02:11:46

Info for Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

In a major release in Verdi year, Decca's star tenor Joseph Calleja makes his first major opera release in a lead role, singing Gabriele Adorno in a stunning new Simon Boccanegra for Verdi's bicentenary year.

Calleja sings Gabriele Adorno opposite Thomas Hampson's Simon Boccanegra in a live concert performance recorded at the Vienna Konzerthaus. The first-class cast also includes Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais as Amelia, Luca Pisaroni as Paolo and Carlo Colombara as Fiesco. Top-league Italian conductor Massimo Zanetti leads the Wiener Symphoniker and Wiener Singakademie.

A star of the Metropolitan Opera New York and a favourite around the world, the Maltese-born Calleja has been receiving extravagant praise at every step of his meteoric career. He stunned audiences with his Nessun dorma at last year's Last Night of the Proms, televised worldwide, and was named Gramophone's "Artist of the Year 2012" at just 34.

Thomas Hampson (Simon Boccanegra)
Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno)
Kristine Opolais (Amelia/Maria)
Carlo Colombara (Fiesco)
Luca Pisaroni (Paolo)
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Massimo Zanetti, conductor

Recorded in concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus, 12–18 April 2013
Executive & Recording Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Recording Producer for ORF: Wolfgang Racher
Recording Engineer: Robert Pavlecka
Recording Editor: Raphaël Mouterde
Mixing Engineer: Andrew Mellor

Wiener Symphoniker
As Vienna’s cultural ambassador and premier concert orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker handles the lion’s share of symphonic activity that makes up the musical life of the city. The preservation of the traditional, Viennese orchestral sound occupies a central role in the orchestra’s many artistic pursuits. The Wiener Symphoniker is one of Europe’s most prestigious ensembles and boasts 128 members. For this reason, the orchestra is precisely the right vehicle for the great Romantic works of Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler and Richard Strauss that constitute its core repertoire.

The Vienna Musikverein and nearby Konzerthaus are the principal performing venues of the Wiener Symphoniker. The orchestra has also been in residence at the Bregenzer Festspiele since 1946 and continues to maintain close ties to the festival. Beginning in 2006, the orchestra added another feather to its cap: The Wiener Symphoniker now serves as resident opera orchestra for a whole host of stylistically diverse productions taking place at the Theater an der Wien. Periodic international tours to the most important music centers round out the extensive portfolio of this traditional, Viennese orchestra.

Booklet for Verdi: Simon Boccanegra