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Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Simon Boccanegra

Simon Boccanegra

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Simon Boccanegra

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Verdi's opera, Simon Boccanegra, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Carlos Alvarez in the title role.

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi's dark drama of political intrigue is a story of simmering, long-held resentment that finally resolves into forgiveness and reconciliation. Set in 14th Century Genoa, it tells of a great sea-going hero who reluctantly accepts high office; and who late in life discovers the long-lost daughter who had disappeared years ago. It is one of Verdi's great portrayals of the father-daughter relationship, and the score often glitters with Italian light to offset the dark colours of revenge. Verdi revisited the work in the years of his maturity and transformed the white-hot melodrama into an opera full of subtlety and wisdom that foreshadows his late masterpieces. Carlos Alvarez stars in this production from the Royal Opera House, London.

Presented by Martin Handley with guest Nicholas Baragwanath

Simon Boccanegra.....Carlos Alvarez (Baritone) 
Jacopo Fiesco.....Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass) 
Amelia Grimaldi.....Hirachuhi Bassenz (Soprano) 
Gabriele Adorno.....Francesco Meli (Tenor) 
Paolo Albiani.....Mark Rucker (Baritone) 
Pietro.....Simon Shibambu (Bass) 
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Henrik Nanasi (Conductor

6.30pm Prologue and Act 1
8.00pm Interval
8.25pm Acts 2 and 3

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