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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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.

Top Cast

  • Ludovic Tézier

    Ludovic Tézier

    Simon Boccanegra

  • Mika Kares

    Mika Kares

    Jacopo Fiesco

  • Maria Agresta

    Maria Agresta

    Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)

  • Francesco Demuro

    Francesco Demuro

    Gabriele Adorno

  • Nicola Alaimo

    Nicola Alaimo

    Paolo Albani

  • Fabio Luisi

    Fabio Luisi

    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. Calixto Bieito, that most Shakespearean of opera directors, brings humanism and truth to a work haunted by gleaming images of the sea.

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