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Verdi's opera live at the 1985 Chorégies d'Orange
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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
Cast & crew
Piero CappuccilliSimon Boccanegra
Montserrat CaballéMaria Boccanegra
Paul PlishkaJacopo Fiesco
Alain FondaryPaolo Albiani
Alain VernhesPietroExplore the crew
- Director
- Maté Rabinovski
- Director
- Jacques Karpo
- Original Music Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Writer
- Francesco Maria Piave
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito