SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Tuesday 13 July 2010
CREDITS | PERFORMERS | |
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi | Conductor
Antonio Pappano | Paolo
Jonathan Summers |
Director
Elijah Moshinsky | Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo | Pietro
Lukas Jakobski § |
Set Designer
Michael Yeargan | Amelia
Marina Poplavskaya | |
Costume Designs
Peter J Hall | Fiesco
Ferruccio Furlanetto | |
Lighting
John Harrison | Gabriele Adorno
Joseph Calleja | |
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
THE STORY
Verdi's tale of political intrigue in Renaissance Italy. Simon Boccanegra, a 14th-century Genoan of humble birth becomes leader of his native city but is poisoned by one of his own faction. The plot is famously complex, full of intrigues and dramatic incidents, including the discovery of Boccanegra’s long-lost daughter.
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