Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
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In the 14th century, Genoa was torn apart by strife between the patricians and the plebeians. The sailor Simon Boccanegra and his lover Maria Fiesco bore the brunt of these internal conflicts: Maria’s father was none other than the city’s doge, the patrician Jacopo Fiesco. When he learnt that Maria had borne Simon a child, he placed his daughter under house arrest. The two lovers had entrusted their daughter to an elderly servant, but she died, and the child mysteriously disappeared. ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez. The first version premiered on 12 March 1857 at La Fenice in Venice. A second version, with a libretto revised by Arrigo Boito, premiered 24 years later, on 24 March 1881, at La Scala in Milan. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 23, 25 and 28 March 2010.
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Cast
17 people
Leo Nucci
Simon Boccanegra
Also in
Macbeth
I Due Foscari - Verdi
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Jacopo Fiesco, AKA Andrea Grimaldi
Also in
Macbeth
Norma
Giuseppe Verdi
Francesco Maria Piave
Tiziano Mancini
Tamar Iveri
Amelia Grimaldi
Also in
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Arrigo Boito
Antonio García Gutiérrez
Francesco Meli
Gabriele Adorno
Also in
Mizzzzica... ma che è proibitissimo?
Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) - Arena di Verona
Daniele Callegari
Self - Conductor
Simone Piazzola
Paolo
Also in
Attila
Don Carlo - ROH
Paolo Pecchioli
Pietro
Tiziano Mancini Director · Giorgio Gallione Director Marina Bianchi Director
First release March 23, 2010 · Produced in Italy
Production
Unitel Classica
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 23, 2010
Premiere · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
December 3, 2012
Italy
November 13, 2013 · Physical · Tutto Verdi. Le opere. Vol. 3 (1855-1893) (DVD)
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