Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2017)

An Old School staging for Simon Boccanegra in Naples

The dashing corsair Simon Boccanegra and Maria, daughter of the nobleman Jacopo Fiesco, have fallen in love and had an illegitimate daughter. The child has disappeared from her foster-home. Boccanegra returns to Genoa to break the news to Maria, and learns of her death as a crowd, led by the plebeian Paolo Albiani, proclaim him Doge of Genoa. Performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Torino on October 10th, 2017.

Date of release

2017-11-09

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Paolo Vettori, Sylvano Bussotti

Casting

• Ambrogio Maestri — Simon Boccanegra
• Saimir Pirgu — Gabriele Adorno
• Myrtò Papatanasiu — Amelia
• John Relyea — Jacopo Fiesco
• Stefano Ranzani — Conductor

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