Simon Boccanegra – Cornell MacNeil
Amelia Grimaldi – Leyla Gencer
Gabriele Adorno – Carlos ( Carlo ) Cossutta
Jacopo Fiesco – William Wilderman
Paolo Albiani – Gian-Piero ( Giampietro ) Mastromei
Pietro – Tulio Gagliardo
Un’ancella – Corrada Malfa
Un capitano dei balestrieri – José Crea
Conductor – Bruno Bartoletti
Orchestra – Teatro Colón ( Buenos Aires )
Chorus – Teatro Colón ( Buenos Aires )
giampierone010
MacNeil-Gencer due artisti splendidi danno al loro personaggio un'impronta grandiosa di bel-canto…ottimi anche Cossutta e Mastromei…un po meno Wilderman..spesso sfuocato …pregevole la direzione di Bartoletti…grazie
Patrick Boyle
Wilderman has a very weak lower register. That may explain why he never made it into the top rank of basses. I heard him sing Hunding and was very impressed but I don't think that role has any low notes. Unfortunately this one does.
jmccracken1963
@Patrick Boyle I had the same reaction (about a weak lower register) when I saw James Morris sing Jacopo Fiesco in SIMON BOCCANEGRA at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1979. A good voice – but wrong for that particular role.
To me, Wildermann has some overtones of Ezio Pinza in this role at times – but Pinza had the low notes, too.
jmccracken1963
I would have given this an enthusiastic "thumbs up" (in spite of the very crude tone of the brass players in the orchestra) – were it not for the huge, gaping "missing section" from Act I, Scene 2. That missing section (which was certainly there in the performance) begins with Amelia's "Nell'ora soave che all'estasi invita" and continues through the end of the whole "Piango su voi, sul placido" ensemble.