Grange Park Opera, Surrey
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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."