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SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian

Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave from a play by Gutiérrez
Premièr at Teatro La Fenice, Venice – 12 March 1857

01, 05, 07, 12 April 1966

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio
Stage director: Margherita Wallmann
Scene and costumes: Nicola Benois

Amelia Boccanegra LEYLA GENCER soprano
Gabriele Adorno a patrician FERRANDO FERRARI tenor
Simon Boccanegra a plebian later Doge GIANGIACOMO GUELFI baritone
Jacopo Fiesco a patrician IVO VINCO bass
Paolo Albiani a plebeian ROLANDO PANERAI baritone
Pietro a plebeian ANTONIO ZERBINI bass
A Captain GIUSEPPE BERTINAZZO tenor
Un ancella di Amelia MIRELLA FIORENTINI soprano

Time: Fourteenth Century
Place: In and near Genoa

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano

Sketch © NICOLA BENOIS