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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

"Verdi's opera live at the 1985 Chorégies d'Orange"

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.

Top Cast

  • Piero Cappuccilli

    Piero Cappuccilli

    Simon Boccanegra

  • Montserrat Caballé

    Montserrat Caballé

    Maria Boccanegra

  • Lando Bartolini

    Lando Bartolini

    Gabriele Adorno

  • Paul Plishka

    Paul Plishka

    Jacopo Fiesco

  • Alain Fondary

    Alain Fondary

    Paolo Albiani

  • Alain Vernhes

    Alain Vernhes

    Pietro

  • Maurizio Arena

    Maurizio Arena

    Conductor

Overview

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.

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