What's happening?

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Dec. 13, 2018140 Min.
Your rating: 0
9 1 vote

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

Director

Cast

Ludovic Tézier isSimon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra
Mika Kares isJacopo Fiesco
Jacopo Fiesco
Maria Agresta isMaria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)
Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)
Francesco Demuro isGabriele Adorno
Gabriele Adorno
Nicola Alaimo isPaolo Albani
Paolo Albani
Fabio Luisi isConductor
Conductor

Similar titles

Pok Ya Cong Codei: Siti Di Hati
Allure
In the Aisles
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
The Usuke Boys
The Land of Steady Habits
Wonder Girls
The Outsider
Queen
The Guilty
Mordene i Kongo
It’s Christmas, Eve

Leave a comment