Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Simon Boccanegra
Melodramma in a prologue and three acts (1857/1881)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave with additions by Giuseppe Montanelli after Antonio García Gutiérrez’s play Simón Boccanegra, revised version by Arrigo Boito
New production
6 Performances
15 Aug — 29 Aug
Grosses Festspielhaus
Leading Team
- Valery Gergiev Conductor
- Andreas Kriegenburg Director
- Harald B. Thor Sets
- Tanja Hofmann Costumes
- Andreas Grüter Lighting
- Julia Weinreich Dramaturgy
Cast
- Luca Salsi Simon Boccanegra
- Marina Rebeka Amelia Grimaldi
- René Pape Jacopo Fiesco
- Charles Castronovo Gabriele Adorno
- André Heyboer Paolo Albiani
- Antonio Di Matteo Pietro
Ensembles
- Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
- Ernst Raffelsberger Chorus Master
- Vienna Philharmonic