Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Synopsis

The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of Genoa and the troubled observer of the conflicts that tore apart 14th century landowners and peasants. An eminently political opera in which power struggles are interwoven with family conflicts, Simon Boccanegra echoes the life of its composer – the man who championed the cause of Italian unification and overcame the loss of his wife and children. Calixto Bieito, that most Shakespearean of opera directors, brings humanism and truth to a work haunted by gleaming images of the sea.

Main Cast

Ludovic Tézier

Simon Boccanegra

Age : 56 | Popularity : 4%

Mika Kares

Jacopo Fiesco

Age : 46 | Popularity : 0%

Maria Agresta

Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)

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Francesco Demuro

Gabriele Adorno

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Nicola Alaimo

Paolo Albani

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Fabio Luisi

Conductor

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Arrigo Boito Francesco Maria Piave
	Original Story	Antonio García Gutiérrez
Art	Production Design	Susanne Gschwender
Sound	Original Music Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Directing	Director	Calixto Bieito
Department	Role	Name

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