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.