Release Date

23 Mar, 2010

Runtime

02:17: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Actors

Leo Nucci

Roberto Scandiuzzi

Tamar Iveri

Francesco Meli

Simone Piazzola

Crew

Giuseppe Verdi

Francesco Maria Piave

Antonio García Gutiérrez

Daniele Callegari

Giorgio Gallione

Tiziano Mancini

Arrigo Boito

Marina Bianchi