Simon Boccanegra, a former pirate and victorious Admiral of the Genoese fleet, had seduced Maria, the daughter of the prestigious patrician Fiesco. From this connection, daughter was given an old ...
The two opera giants of the nineteenth century, Verdi and Wagner, both celebrate their 200th anniversary in 2013. For Verdi, we will be celebrating this by performing his much-loved Simon Boccanegra.
In an approach to one of Verdi’s greatest operas which relies almost entirely upon Verdi’s music and concentrates on a clear statement of the libretto, James Conway delivers a major lesson to the ...
“Simon Boccanegra,” a story of fathers, politics, love and duty, is returning to La Scala, where personal connections to the opera run deep. By David Belcher Fathers and history loom large, both ...
On Calixto Bieito’s new production of Simon Boccanegra at Opéra Bastille. The problems begin in the prologue, by the end of which Boccanegra is elected doge over aristocratic opposition. The patrician ...
Simon Boccanegra, a corsair, and his lover Maria have a child, but Maria dies in childbirth and her father (Fiesco) refuses to acknowledge Boccanegra as his son-in-law. Boccanegra is later elected ...
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