Want to behold the glory that is 'Simon Boccanegra' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Peter Stein-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.
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Released , 'Simon Boccanegra' stars Thomas Hampson, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Boaz Daniel The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 17 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from well-known users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "One of the lesser known works by Giuseppe Verdi Simon Boccanegra is regarded by most opera lovers as one of his finest The action takes place in the 14th century and deals with the political and personal rivalry between the corsair Simon Boccanegra who has been elected Doge of Genoa with the help of the plebeian vote and the local nobleman Jacopo Fiesco Arthaus presents a visually alert musically sensitive and disturbingly coherent Der Standard production of the piece on DVD The staging was directed by one of the giants of the European theatre Peter Stein His fondness for atmospherically dense spaces in which the characters can fully develop is particularly well brought out in his Vienna production not least because he had at his disposal two remarkable singing actors for the principal male roles Thomas Hampson and Ferruccio Furlanetto" .