Film

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

1985 · 2h 38m · Music · Drama · History

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

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.

Piero Cappuccilli

Simon Boccanegra

Montserrat Caballé

Maria Boccanegra

Lando Bartolini

Gabriele Adorno

Paul Plishka

Jacopo Fiesco

Alain Fondary

Paolo Albiani

Alain Vernhes

Pietro

Maurizio Arena

Conductor

• Maté RabinovskiDirector
• Jacques KarpoDirector
• Francesco Maria PiaveWriter
• Arrigo BoitoWriter
• Giuseppe VerdiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

July 13, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 38m

Genres

Music, Drama, History