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 
03 January 1959
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Conductor: Mario Rossi
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: Aldo Mirabella Vassallo
Scene and costumes: Camillo Parravicini (from Opera di Roma)

Amelia Boccanegra LEYLA GENCER soprano
Gabriele Adorno a patrician MIRTO PICCHI tenor
Simon Boccanegra a plebian later Doge TITO GOBBI baritone
Jacopo Fiesco a patrician FERRUCIO MAZZOLI bass
Paolo Albiani a plebeian WALTER MONACHESI baritone
Pietro a plebeian GIOVANNI AMADEO bass
A Captain GINO SARRI tenor
Un ancella di Amelia A.M. BORELLI soprano

Time: Fourteenth Century
Place: In and near Genoa