Film

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

2018 · 2h 20m · Music · Drama

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. Calixto Bieito, that most Shakespearean of opera directors, brings humanism and truth to a work haunted by gleaming images of the sea.

Ludovic Tézier

Simon Boccanegra

Mika Kares

Jacopo Fiesco

Maria Agresta

Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi)

Francesco Demuro

Gabriele Adorno

Nicola Alaimo

Paolo Albani

Fabio Luisi

Conductor

• Calixto BieitoDirector
• Arrigo BoitoWriter
• Francesco Maria PiaveWriter
• Giuseppe VerdiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 13, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

Music, Drama