Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1985)

Directed by Maté Rabinovski, Jacques Karpo

“Verdi's opera live at the 1985 Chorégies d'Orange”

Music, Drama, History · 2h 38m

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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Cast

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

Crew

Director
Maté Rabinovski, Jacques Karpo
Writer
Francesco Maria Piave, Arrigo Boito
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Details

Release date
1985-07-13
Runtime
2h 38m
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
France
Production
Chorégies d'Orange, TF1