Simon Boccanegra

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Librettist/Text Author: Boito, Arrigo

Conductor: Auguin, Philippe

Orchestra: Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Gabriele Adorno: Fraccaro, Walter

Jacopo Fiesco: Furlanetto, Ferruccio

Maria Boccanegra: Nizza, Amarilli

Paolo Albiani: Zanon, Silvio

Pietro: Battaglia, Paolo

Simon Boccanegra: Frontali, Roberto

Un'ancella di Amelia: Gugliuzza, Donatella

Set Designer: Fiorato, Guido

Costume Designer: Fiorato, Guido

Stage Director: Gallione, Giorgio

Television Director: Ricchetti, Matteo

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Venue: Teatro Massimo, Palermo

Playing Time: 02:14:54

Catalogue Number: 33650

Synopsis

Simon Boccanegra (NTSC)

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In 14th-century Genoa, where different political fractions are at war. Paolo Albiani has the valiant corsair Simone Boccanegra, a righteous and sage man, elected Doge.

The political conspiracies, in the opera's plot, are closely knit together with the tragic events in Simone's life: he has lost both the love of his life and their daughter, and must constantly defend himself from his enemies' attacks. The true protagonists of Verdi's opera, however, are not the social and political events: but rather a pervading sense of tragedy and melancholy, and the characters' intricate psychology.