27th November

Concert will begin at 15:55 hours GMT

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra' with Salsi, Buratto, Pertusi and Pop from Rome

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra' is an opera with a prologue and three acts to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Paolo Albiani, a plebeian, tells his ally Pietro that in the forthcoming election of the Doge, his choice for the plebeian candidate is Simon Boccanegra. Boccanegra arrives and is persuaded to stand when Paolo hints that if Boccanegra becomes Doge, the aristocratic Jacopo Fiesco will surely allow him to wed his daughter Maria.

Performers: Simon Boccanegra: Luca Salsi. Maria Boccanegra (Amelia): Eleonora Buratto. Jacopo Fiesco: Michele Pertusi. Gabriele Adorno: Stefan Pop. Paolo Albiani: Gevorg Hakobyan. Pietro: Luciano Leoni.

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.

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