belcantopera's video: SIMON BOCCANEGRA - Tibbett Pinza Martinelli - Met 1935 Complete Opera Verdi

Here is Lawrence Tibbett as Simon Boccanegra with Ezio Pinza (Fiesco), Giovanni Martinelli (Adorno), Elisabeth Rethberg (Amelia/Maria), and the the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Ettore Panizza conducting... Matinée Broadcast, 16 February, 1935 (Live) ------------------------------------- Yes, the sound of this 1935 Met broadcast is fuzzy and congested, but individual voices emerge best from the orchestral soup and we can hear Pinza, Tibbett, Rethberg, and Martinelli in great voice: Pinza: A te l'estremo addio... Il lacerato spirito (9:26) Rethberg: Come in quest'ora bruna (25:47) Rethberg & Martinelli: Vieni a mirar la cerula marina tremolante (34:34) Rethberg & Tibbett: Orfanella il tetto umìle (46:56) Figlia! a tal nome io palpito (53:03) Tibbett: Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! (1:07:54) Martinelli: O inferno!.. Sento avvampar... Cielo, pietoso (1:26:38) Martinelli & Rethberg: Parla, in tuo cor (1:30:43) Martinelli, Tibbett, Rethberg: Suo padre sei tu! Perdon, Amelia (1:43:16) Tibbett: M'ardon le tempia ... Oh refrigerio! Il mare! (1:55:44) Pinza & Tibbett: Delle faci festanti al barlume (1:59:09) ... Piango, perchè Quartetto finale, Gran Dio li benedici (2:09:22) ------------------------------------- Libretto: http://www.opera-arias.com/verdi/simon-boccanegra/libretto/ And more importantly, Simon Boccanegra alla Fenice di Venezia, 2001, libretti etc.: https://www.rodoni.ch/OPERNHAUS/pdflafenice/boccanegra_gv.pdf “Simon Boccanegra 1881” (Claudio Abbado): audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCV8EBHoH-E video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s89cFWVDGeE&t=915s The original 1857 version was performed by the Royal Opera, London in June 1997 with Plácido Domingo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw22vF9rgR4 -------------------------------------