Name: Simon Boccanegra
Start: 2019-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stavros Niarchos Hall

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Baritone

Dimitri Platanias

Simon Boccanegra

Tassis Christoyannis

Soprano

Cellia Costea

Amelia Grimaldi

Anna Stylianaki

Bass

Christophoros Stamboglis

Jacopo Fiesco

Petros Magoulas

Tenor

Ramón Vargas

Gabriele Adorno

Dimitris Paksoglou

Yannis Selitsaniotis

Paolo Albiani

Kyros Patsalides

Dionyssis Tsantinis

Pietro

Alexandros Loutas

Yannis Kalyvas

Captain of the Crossbowmen

Dionisios Melogiannidis

Mezzo-soprano

Vassiliki Petroyanni

Amelia's maid

Anastasia Kotsali

Conductor

Zoi Tsokanou

Stathis Soulis

Stage director

Elijah Moshinsky

Rory Fazan

Set designer

Michael Yeargan

Costume designer

Peter J Hall

Lighting designer

John Harrison

Chorus master

Agathangelos Georgakatos

Stage combat master

Philip d'Orléans

Greek National Opera

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

Others

GNO Chorus

Italian

Athens

Greece

SNFCC

Alternative Stage

Public

Private

Approved

Stavros Niarchos Hall

Simon Boccanegra is coming to the National Opera from the Royal Opera House

Ο Σιμόν Μποκκανέγκρα έρχεται στην Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή από την Royal Opera House

Giuseppe Verdi created one of the most impressive baritone roles for Simon Boccanegra. Through the lips of the historical figure of the first Doge of Genoa, Verdi was able to express his own political thinking and ideals for a united Italy, far from fratricidal wars.

The opera was written in 1857 and Verdi reworked it in 1881 by adding some masterly scenes, based on Petrarch’s letters: one addressed to the historical figure of Boccanegra and another to the then Doge of Venice. Nowadays, Simon Boccanegra counts among Verdi’s most popular operas.

In the magnificent impressive production of the Royal Opera House, Moshinsky attempts an historical direction inspired by the art and architecture of Renaissance. The leitmotifs in his direction are constantly recurring images of the sea, encapsulating a reference to mortality.

Moshinsky is considered one of the most important opera directors worldwide with a considerable, thirty-year long experience in theatre and opera. His repertory varies and comprises, among others, works of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Strauss etc. He has won three times the Laurence Olivier Award for best opera, for his performances Lohengrin, Stiffelio and The Rake's Progress. He has systematically collaborated with the most famous opera houses in the world, such as the Royal Opera House in London, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg etc.

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