Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Movie · 2h 15m

Starring Ambrogio Maestri, Saimir Pirgu, Myrtò Papatanasiu, John Relyea

The dashing corsair Simon Boccanegra and Maria, daughter of the nobleman Jacopo Fiesco, have fallen in love and had an illegitimate daughter. The child has disappeared from her foster-home. Boccanegra returns to Genoa to break the news to Maria, and learns of her death as a crowd, led by the plebeian Paolo Albiani, proclaim him Doge of Genoa. Performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Torino on October 10th, 2017.