Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2018)

Directed by Franck Chaudemanche, Philipp Himmelmann

Music, Drama, History · 2h 20m

A tragic tale in which love and filial sentiment battle in a political intrigue around the fascinating character of Simon, a privateer become doge: Simon Boccanegra is one of Verdi’s greatest operas, over which floats the shadow of his admiration for Shakespeare. For this captivating and moving score, the Dijon Bourgogne Orchestra has called upon one of the great Verdi specialists, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, whose Traviata in 2011 demonstrated his intimate and precise knowledge of the Italian master’s style, and the German stage director Philipp Himmelmann, a regular at Unter den Linden in Berlin and the great European stages.

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Cast

Keri Alkema Amelia Grimaldi
V
Vittorio Vitelli Simon Boccanegra
L
Luciano Batinić Fiesco Gianluca Terranova Gabriele Adorno Armando Noguera Paolo
R
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Conductor

Crew

Director
Franck Chaudemanche, Philipp Himmelmann
Writer
Arrigo Boito, Francesco Maria Piave
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Details

Release date
2018-03-14
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
France
Production
Opéra de Dijon, Heliox Films