Prom 3: Simon Boccanegra | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, London"Plácido Domingo – baritone", we read in the programme for the Royal Opera's Prom of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. It comes as a bit of a jolt, even though our knowledge that he is now planning to sing Verdi's Rigoletto and Athanaël in Massenet's Thaïs indicates that his shift to lower-lying roles is permanent.Domingo's Boccanegra has already been analysed in great detail. Encountering him in the role for the first time at the Proms, however, I confess to occasional dou...

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