Description
The former corsair Simon Boccanegra has risen to power in Genoa but carries the burden of personal loss and old rivalries. He is unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost daughter, and their renewed bond becomes entangled with conflicts involving noble families, love and revenge. Simon struggles to preserve peace in the city while protecting those closest to him. Can he overcome betrayal and reconcile the forces tearing his world apart before it is too late?
Premiered in 1857, Verdi’s opera, which brims with political intrigue, love, and betrayal, has a profound psychological portrait of a statesman at its core. Verdi has striking situations for this main character - the sudden recognition of a long-lost daughter, the cursing of the abductor, the falling asleep and waking to find his daughter's prospective bridegroom standing over him with a dagger, the confronting by his ancient enemy apparently risen from the dead. And each bar of recitative, each a note in the great solos and ensembles in which he takes part but contributes to this picture of the central figure, one of the most complete in the repertoire for baritone. For Dutch National Opera’s new production, director Jetske Mijnssen explores the emotional depth of characters and the intricate dynamics of Simon Boccanegra (George Petean) and his long-lost daughter Amelia (Federica Lombardi). Renowned Verdi conductor Fabio Luisi conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 10 July 2026 at 19:00 CET to 10 November 2026 at 12:00 CET: https://operavision.eu/performance/simon-boccanegra
CAST
Simon Boccanegra
George Petean
Amelia Grimaldi
Federica Lombardi
Jacopo Fiesco
Georg Zeppenfeld
Gabriele Adorno
Riccardo Massi
Paolo Albiani
Germán Olvera
Pietro
Jasurbek Khaydarov
A captain
François Soons
A maid of Amelia
Yvonne Kok
Chorus
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Text
Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Director
Jetske Mijnssen
Sets
Etienne Pluss
Costumes
Hannah Clark
Lights
Valerio Tiberi
Movement
Jean-François Kessler
Dramaturg
Laura Roling
Chorus master
Edward Ananian-Cooper
Video director
Ferenc Soeteman
Video editor
Maurice Angenois
Music recording director
Lodewijk Collette
Sound recording and mix
Daan van Aalst
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