
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
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December 13, 2018
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Music, Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Susanne Gschwender
Production Design
Arrigo Boito
Writer
Antonio García Gutiérrez
Original Story
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Cast

Ludovic Tézier
Simon Boccanegra

Mika Kares
Jacopo Fiesco

Maria Agresta
Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)

Francesco Demuro
Gabriele Adorno

Nicola Alaimo
Paolo Albani