Simon Boccanegra

Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It was first performed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice in March 12, 1857. The revised version, with text changes by Arrigo Boito, was first performed at La Scala, Milan in March 24, 1881.

Characters

• Principal roles
• Simon Boccanegra, a corsair, later the first Doge of Genoa - Baritone
• Maria Boccanegra, his daughter, known as Amelia Grimaldi - Soprano
• Jacopo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman, known as Andrea - Bass
• Gabriele Adorno, a Genoese gentleman - Tenor
• Minor roles
• Paolo Albiani, a goldsmith and the Doge?s favourite courtier - Bass
• Pietro, a Genoese popular leader and courtier - Baritone
• Captain of the Crossbowmen - Tenor
• Other
• Amelia?s maid - Mezzo-soprano
• Soldiers, sailors, people, senators, the Doge?s court, prisoners - Chorus