SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave from a play by GutiérrezPremièr 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 tenorSimon 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