Simon Boccanegra

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Simon Boccanegra
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettists
Francesco Maria Piave

and

Arrigo Boito
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
2008-2009
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Donald Runnicles
Original production
Elijah Moshinsky
Director
David Edwards
Set Designer(s)
Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer(s)
Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer
Christopher Maravich
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Fight Choreographer
Jonathan Rider
Musical Preparation
Bryndon Hassman
Adelle Eslinger
Carol Isaac
Alya Joffe
Ernest Fredric Knell
Prompter
Jonathan Khuner
Supertitles
Philip Kuttner
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Morgan Robinson
Stage Manager(s)
Rachel Henneberry
Costume Supervisor
Jai Alltizer
Wig and Makeup Designer
Gerd Mairandres
Production Super Captain
Michael Harvey

Cast

Paolo Albiani
Patrick Carfizzi
Pietro
Kenneth Kellogg
Simon Boccanegra
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Jacopo Fiesco
Vitalij Kowaljow
Amelia Grimaldi
Barbara Frittoli
Ana María Martínez(9/9, 17)
Gabriele Adorno
Marcus Haddock
Amelia's servant
Erin Neff
Captain of the Guard
Dale Tracy

Show Dates

Broadcast

1/4/2009 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 8/15/2009 WFMT.

Time and Place

Genoa, middle of the fourteenth century

Scenes

Prologue: The Piazza San Lorenzo
Act I, Scene 1 -- The Grimaldi terrace, twenty-five years later
Act I, Scene 2 -- The council chamber in the Ducal palace
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- The Ducal chambers
Act II, Scene 2 -- A terrace in the Ducal palace

Media

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible, in part, by The Thomas Tilton Production Fund and Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey

(Revised 1881 version)

Notes

1/4/2009 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 8/15/2009 WFMT.

Produced in association with Royal Opera, Covent Garden 

Supernumeraries