Composer
Librettists
Based On
the play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1941
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Simon Boccanegra, corsair in the service of the Genoese Republic
Jacopo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman
Paolo Albiani, a goldweaver
Pietro, a Genoese commoner
Simon Boccanegra, First Doge of Genoa
Amelia Grimaldi
Jacopo Fiesco, under the name of Andrea
Gabriele Adorno, a Genoese nobleman
Paolo Albiani, Chancellor of the Republic
Pietro, a Courtier
Captain of the Guard
Amelia's Maidservant
Show Dates
Time and Place
Middle of the XIV Century; Genoa
Scenes
PROLOGUE -- San Lorenzo Square in Genoa
Act I -- The Grimaldi Garden
Act II -- Doge's Quarters in the Ducal Palace
Act III -- Interior of the Ducal Palace
Notes
Program Note on cast page:
"N.B. About twenty years elapse between the Prologue and Act I."
Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association