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Dmitri Hvorostovsky stars in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, live from the Met, conducted by James Levine. Barbara Frittoli sings Amelia, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Fiesco, and Ram贸n Vargas, Adorno.

In fourteenth-century Genoa, there is a conspiracy afoot to overthrow the aristocracy. Popular former pirate Simon Boccanegra will be made doge, but this public success is complicated by a private tragedy involving an illegitimate child he had by the daughter of a nobleman.

Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Siff.

Simon Boccanegra, a corsair ..... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
Maria Boccanegra, his daughter, aka Amelia ..... Barbara Frittoli (Soprano)
Jacopo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman ..... Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass)
Gabriele Adorno, a Genoese gentleman ..... Ram贸n Vargas (Tenor)
Paolo Albiani, a goldsmith ..... Nicola Alaimo (Bass)
Pietro, a Genoese popular leader ..... Richard Bernstein (Baritone)
Captain of the Crossbowmen ..... Adam Laurence Herskowitz (Tenor)
Amelia's maid ..... Edyta Kulczak (Mezzo-soprano)

James Levine ..... Conductor
Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera.