Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1985)

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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.

Directors: Maté Rabinovski, Jacques Karpo.

Casts

	Piero Cappuccilli as Simon Boccanegra
	Montserrat Caballé as Maria Boccanegra
	Lando Bartolini as Gabriele Adorno
	Paul Plishka as Jacopo Fiesco
	Alain Fondary as Paolo Albiani
	Alain Vernhes as Pietro
	Maurizio Arena as Conductor

Crew