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Based On

the play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1980-1981
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set and costume designer
Chorus Director
Lighting Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter

Cast

Paolo Albiani
Pietro
Simon Boccanegra
Jacopo Fiesco
Amelia Grimaldi
Gabriele Adorno
Amelia's servant
Captain of the Guard

Show Dates

Broadcast

9/29/1980, live broadcast, KQED and NPR. 

Time and Place

Genoa, middle of the fourteenth century

Scenes

Act I -- Piazza San Lorenzo in Genoa
Act II, Scene 1 -- The Grimaldi terrace twebty-five years later
Scene 2 -- Assembly room in the Ducal palace
Act III, Scene 1 -- Ducal chambers
Scene 2 -- Terrace of the Ducal palace

Media

Acknowledgements

Production from The Lyric Opera of Chicago made possible by a generous gift from the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa

Notes

9/29/1980, live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 Views on Boccanegra, Julian Budden(guest), #2 Margaret Price (guest).

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