Verdi: Simon Boccanegra 6 years old

A tragic tale in which love and filial sentiment battle in a political intrigue around the fascinating character of Simon, a privateer become doge: Simon Boccanegra is one of Verdi’s greatest operas, over which floats the shadow of his admiration for Shakespeare. For this captivating and moving score, the Dijon Bourgogne Orchestra has called upon one of the great Verdi specialists, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, whose Traviata in 2011 demonstrated his intimate and precise knowledge of the Italian master’s style, and the German stage director Philipp Himmelmann, a regular at Unter den Linden in Berlin and the great European stages.

Credits

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Cast

Name	Character
Gianluca Terranova He was 47, now 54 years old	as Gabriele Adorno

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Crew

Name	Department
Giuseppe Verdi as Original Music Composer. He was 204 (87) years old when He died	Sound
Francesco Maria Piave as Writer. He was 207 (65) years old when He died	Writing
Arrigo Boito as Writer. He was 176 (76) years old when He died	Writing