Simon Boccanegra
Author(s):
Giuseppe Verdi
Company:
Opera North
Running time:
2h 30min approx
Concert staging.
Set in 14th-century Genoa, Simon Boccanegra is a story of political intrigue and personal tragedy.
At its core is a decades-long feud between political rivals: Simon Boccanegra, former pirate and man of the people, and Jacopo Fiesco, a leading member of the nobility.
But these enemies are bound together by the strongest of family ties: one is the father and one is the grandfather of the same woman, Amelia.