Giuseppe Verdi

Simon Boccanegra

  • Performances
Programma

An opera seria in a prologue and three acts to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, Simon Boccanegra debuted at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 12 March 1857. However, after many years, Verdi became convinced of the need to rework it, and assisted by Arrigo Boito for the libretto, he prepared a second version that debuted successfully on 24 March 1881 at La Scala in Milan. The action, set in and around Genoa around the middle of the 14th century, recounts the drama of the protagonist, Doge Boccanegra, victim of intrigues and conspiracies. The subject was taken from the drama of the same name by the Spaniard Antonio García Gutiérrez, from whose repertoire Verdi had already drawn inspiration for Trovatore. After its debut, the Gazzetta di Venezia described Boccanegra as an opera “too grand and severe”, characterised by a “lugubrious hue”. Verdi, deliberately and precisely because of the nature of a drama characterised by a thirst for power, a desire for revenge, and respect for the reason of state, chose to focus all his attention on the dark-toned male voices (basses and baritones), entrusting them with the narration of the intestine struggles that torment the republic of Genoa.

New staging
More characters TBD (updated: June 30, 2025)

Poster © Gianluigi Toccafondo

Tickets on sale: September 8, 2025

Artists

Conductor
James Conlon

Chorus master
Lorenzo Fratini

Director
Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus)

Sets
Alfons Flores

Costumes
Lluc Castells

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus

Simon Boccanegra
George Petean

Jacopo Fiesco
Jongmin Park

Amelia Grimaldi (Maria Boccanegra)
Carolina López Moreno

Gabriele Adorno
Luciano Ganci

Paolo Albiani
Lodovico Filippo Ravizza

Pietro
Francesco Leone

Running Time
Approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes
Prices
Stalls 1 (première)130,00€
Stalls 1 (other performances)110,00€
Stalls 290,00€
Stalls 375,00€
Stalls 465,00€
Boxes45,00€
Gallery35,00€
Limited visibility15,00€
Just listening10,00€