Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (An Old School staging for Simon Boccanegra in Naples)

The dashing corsair Simon Boccanegra and Maria, daughter of the nobleman Jacopo Fiesco, have fallen in love and had an illegitimate daughter. The child has disappeared from her foster-home. Boccanegra returns to Genoa to break the news to Maria, and learns of her death as a crowd, led by the plebeian Paolo Albiani, proclaim him Doge of Genoa. Performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Torino on October 10th, 2017.

Top Cast

Ambrogio Maestri

As Simon Boccanegra

Saimir Pirgu

As Gabriele Adorno

Myrtò Papatanasiu

As Amelia

John Relyea

As Jacopo Fiesco

Stefano Ranzani

As Conductor