Simon Boccanegra

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

| 5 June 2025 | 17 June 2025 | 27 June 2025 | 29 June 2025 | 4 July 2025 | 11 July 2025 |

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    Composer : Giuseppe Verdi
     

    Conductor : Gianluca Marciano
    Revival Director : Robin Tebbutt
    Original Director : David Pountney
    Original Set Design : Ralph Koltai
    Original Costume Design : Sue Willmington
    Lighting Designer : Tim Mitchell
     

    Performers

     

    Simon Boccanegra : Simon Keenlyside
    Amelia Grimaldi : Elin Pritchard
    Jacopo Fiesco : James Creswell
    Gabriele Adorno : Otar Jorjikia (replacing Leonardo Capalbo)
    Paolo Albiani : Jolyon Loy
    Pietro : David Shipley

From Grange Park Opera's website:

"Who knew that the political shenanigans of 15th-century Genoa could be so gripping?

The plebeians plan to overthrow the aristos; a former pirate becomes Doge; a little girl disappears; poison is poured into a glass of drinking water.

Verdi first wrote this score in middle age. Returning to it decades later, he transformed a complex drama into this masterpiece, where dark personal histories clash with affairs of state.

Simon Keenlyside stars as the tortured, conflicted Doge, trying to do the right thing."

 

More information and tickets

 

Watch Simon's video trailer for Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park Opera