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Old guard stands up well in Met’s revival of Simon Boccanegra

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 1 April 2016
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine, Conductor
Giancarlo del Monaco, Director
Michael Scott-Mitchell, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lianna Haroutounian, Amelia Grimaldi
Joseph Calleja, Gabriele Adorno
Plácido Domingo, Simon Boccanegra
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Jacopo Fiesco
Brian Mulligan, Paolo Albiani
Richard Bernstein, Pietro
Noah Baetge, Captain
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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