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Melodramma in one prologue and three acts, Music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito, after the play by Antonio Garcia Guttièrrez. 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 overovercame 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.
Simon Boccanegra : Ludovic Tézier Jacopo Fiesco : Mika Kares Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) : Maria Agresta Gabriele Adorno : Francesco Demuro Paolo Albani : Nicola Alaimo Pietro : Mikhail Timoshenko Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Musical direction : Fabio Luisi Stage direction : Calixto Bieito Set design : Susanne Gschwender Lighting design : Michael Bauer Costume design: Ingo Krügler Video : Sarah Derendinger Chorus master : José Luis Basso
Italian
French
Coproduction compagny : FRA Productions, Opéra national de Paris, France Télévisions
Running Time : 140'
Production Year : 2018
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : 16/9