Organization

Певец

Баритон

George Petean

Симон Бокканегра

Ludovic Tézier

Сопрано

Jennifer Rowley

Амелия Гримальди

Бас

Christof Fischesser

Якопо Фиеско

Тенор

Otar Jorjikia

Габриеле Адорно

Nicholas Brownlee

Паоло Альбиани

Brent Michael Smith

Пьетро

Savelii Andreev

Капитан арбалетчиков

Меццо-сопрано

Bożena Bujnicka

Горничная Амелии

Режиссер-постановщик

Andreas Homoki

Дирижер

Marco Armiliato

Художник по свету

Franck Evin

Художник-постановщик

Christian Schmidt

Florian Schaaf

Драматург

Fabio Dietsche

Хормейстер

Janko Kastelic

Libretto

Франческо Мария Пьяве

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Orchestra

Philharmonia Zürich

итальянский

Simon Boccanegra -  (Симон Бокканегра)

Цюрих

Швейцария

Opernhaus

Genoa, 14th century: the privateer and plebeian Simon Boccanegra is swept into power by a rallying crowd, stirred into a frenzy by his supporters Pietro and Paolo Albiani. He hopes that, in acceding to the title of doge, he will be able to sway his adversary, the aristocrat Jacopo Fiesco, into letting him marry Fiesco's daughter Maria. Fiesco accepts, conveniently neglecting to tell Boccanegra that Maria has just died, under the condition that Simon let him have the granddaughter born in secret to Simon and Maria—but she has gone missing…

An intensely political opera, Simon Boccanegra offers a glimpse of the internecine battles that wracked the various kingdoms of Italy all through the composer's life—especially in its 1881 version, presented here with richness and depth at the Zürich Opera House, led by an astonishing Christian Gerhaher in the title role. The tragedy takes on an extra, personal dimension in the biography of Verdi, who relived—through the character of Simon Boccanegra, for whom he bore a particular affection—the early loss of his wife and children…

Intrigue, family tragedies, power struggles – these words aptly describe Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Simon Boccanegra”. And the opera is somehow frighteningly topical: in this piece with only one female role, the men write history and the women are the victims. The world premiere flopped, but almost 25 years later the opera received thunderous applause at a new performance in Milan’s La Scala. Andreas Homoki has staged this second and revised version at the Zurich Opera House. Its premiere was one of the last conducted by outgoing music director Fabio Luisi and Christian Gerhaher’s much-lauded role debut as Simon Boccanegra.

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