Release Date

13 Dec, 2018

Runtime

02:20: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Actors

Ludovic Tézier

Mika Kares

Maria Agresta

Francesco Demuro

Nicola Alaimo

Fabio Luisi

Crew

Susanne Gschwender

Arrigo Boito

Antonio García Gutiérrez

Calixto Bieito

Giuseppe Verdi

Francesco Maria Piave