Opera di Roma

Simon Boccanegra

In Cinemas 24, 25 & 28 May 2025
Conductor
Michele Mariotti
Orchestra
Orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Cast
Luca Salsi (Simon Boccanegra), Eleonora Buratto (Amelia Grimaldi), Michele Pertusi (Jacopo Fiesco), Stefan Pop (Gabriele Adorno), Gevorg Hakobyan (Paolo Albiani), Luciano Leoni (Pietro)
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
Richard Jones
Set Design
Antony McDonald
Duration
Approx. 3h incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Captured live from Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, 27 Nov 2024
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Opera in a prologue and three acts (1857)

New Production! Captured live at Opera di Roma’s season opening night, this eagerly anticipated new production of Verdi’s searing and intensely emotional opera is staged by nine-time Olivier Award-winning British director Richard Jones.

In 14th century Genoa, Boccanegra (acclaimed baritone Luca Salsi) is a powerful man, but the secrets of his past haunt him: twenty-five years ago, his young lover died, and their daughter mysteriously vanished. Just as he thinks he might have found her, his enemies start to move against him.

Opera di Roma Music Director Michele Mariotti conducts the impressive score, one of the composer's favourites.
 

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Opera di Roma

Taking its current name at the advent of the republic, Rome’s beautiful opera house, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma was first inaugurated in 1880, as Teatro Costanzi. The company hosted the world premiere of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Puccini’s Tosca among others.

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