
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.
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
July 13, 1985
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Cast (7)

Piero Cappuccilli
Simon Boccanegra

Montserrat Caballé
Maria Boccanegra

Lando Bartolini
Gabriele Adorno

Paul Plishka
Jacopo Fiesco

Alain Fondary
Paolo Albiani

Alain Vernhes
Pietro

Maurizio Arena
Conductor
Crew (6)
Directing

Jacques Karpo
Director

Maté Rabinovski
Director
Writing

Arrigo Boito
Writer

Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Production
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Maurizio Arena
Conductor

Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer