Simon Boccanegra

Synopsis

Coming just before the mature final works, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra - along with Un Ballo in Maschera, Les Vêpres Siciliennes, La Forza del Destino and Don Carlos - occupy a strange but fascinating hinterland in the career of the composer. Each of the operas, influenced by Verdi's political involvement in the Risorgimento for the reunification of Italy during the period, are very much concerned with the exercise of power, but they all rely on typically operatic conventions of bel canto and French Grand Opéra in their use of personal tragedies and unlikely twists of fate to highlight the human feelings and weaknesses that lie behind their historical dramas. Written in 1859, but revised by the composer in 1881, Piave's libretto given an uncredited reworking by Arrigo Boito, Simon Boccanegra is consequently one of the more interesting works from this period, certainly from a musical standpoint. Live from Teatro all Scala, Milan 2010.

Main Cast

Plácido Domingo

Simon Boccanegra

Age : 83 | Popularity : 7%

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Jacopo Fiesco-Andrea

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Anja Harteros

Amelia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Massimo Cavalletti

Paolo Albani

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fabio Sartori

Gabriele Adorno

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ernesto Panariello

Pietro

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Alisa Zinovjeva

Criada

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Antonello Ceron

Capitán

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
	Conductor	Daniel Barenboim
	Musician	Orchestra della Scala
Writing	Writer	Francesco Maria Piave Arrigo Boito
Directing	Director	Federico Tiezzi
Department	Role	Name

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