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Simon boccanegra

Opéra Bastille - from 12 November to 13 December 2018

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Opéra Bastille - from 12 November to 13 December 2018

2h50 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

Opening night : 15 November 2018
Pre-opening : 12 November 2018

About

In few words:

The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of Genoa and the troubled observer of the conflicts that tore apart 14th century landowners and peasants. An eminently political opera in which power struggles are interwoven with family conflicts, Simon Boccanegra echoes the life of its composer – the man who championed the cause of Italian unification and overcame the loss of his wife and children. Calixto Bieito, that most Shakespearean of opera directors, brings humanism and truth to a work haunted by gleaming images of the sea.

Opening
First Part 80 mn
Interval 30 mn
Second Part 60 mn
End

Simon Boccanegra

Opera in three acts (1881)

Music :

Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto :

Francesco Maria Piave

Arrigo Boito

Conductor :

Fabio Luisi

Director :

Calixto Bieito

Set design :

Susanne Gschwender

Costume design :

Ingo Krügler

Lighting design :

Michael Bauer

Video :

Sarah Derendinger

Chorus master :

José Luis Basso
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Simon Boccanegra :

Ludovic Tézier

Jacopo Fiesco :

Mika Kares

Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) :

Maria Agresta

12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 28 nov. 7, 10, 13 dec.

Anita Hartig

1, 4 déc.

Gabriele Adorno :

Francesco Demuro

Paolo Albani :

Nicola Alaimo

Pietro :

Mikhail Timoshenko

Un capitano dei balestrieri :

Cyrille Lovighi

Un'ancella di Amelia :

Virginia Leva-Poncet

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Calixto Bieito about Simon Boccanegra

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Beyond the experience

Ce spectacle fait l’objet d’une captation réalisée par François Roussillon, coproduite par l’Opéra national de Paris et FRA Productions, avec la participation de France 2, avec le soutien du CNC et de la Fondation Orange, mécène des retransmissions audiovisuelles de l’Opéra national de Paris. Ce spectacle sera retransmis en direct sur Culturebox le 13 décembre 2018 à 19h30. Il sera également retransmis le même jour en direct avec le concours de Fra Cinéma, dans les cinémas UGC, dans le cadre de leur saison « Viva l’Opéra ! », dans les cinémas CGR et dans des cinémas indépendants en France et dans le monde entier. Il sera retransmis ultérieurement sur France 2.
Radiodiffusion sur France Musique ultérieurement.

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