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.
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Ludovic Tézier
Simon Boccanegra
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Mika Kares
Jacopo Fiesco
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
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Maria Agresta
Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)
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Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House
Faust - Salzburg Festival
Francesco Demuro
Gabriele Adorno
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Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)
Il Trittico - Royal Opera House
Nicola Alaimo
Paolo Albani
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Rossini: Guillaume Tell
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Fabio Luisi
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Richard Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer (Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino)
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Calixto Bieito Director · Francesco Maria Piave Writer Arrigo Boito Writer
First release December 13, 2018 · Produced in France · Production Francois Roussillon et Associés
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Opéra National de Paris
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Francois Roussillon et Associés
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France
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Original language
Italian
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Italian
Release dates
France · December 13, 2018
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