07/28/12 – Simon Boccanegra – 1:00pm

LA Opera On Air

Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi

Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes
In Italian

Plácido Domingo sings the title role of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, a grand-scale study of power and treachery that finds an emotional center in the tender bond between father and daughter.

Cast/Crew

Simon Boccanegra Placido Domingo
Amelia Ana Maria Martinez
Jacopo Fiesco Vitalij Kowaljow
Gabriele Adorno Stefano Secco
Paolo Albiani Paolo Gavanelli
Pietro Robert Pomakov

CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
STAGE DIRECTOR: Elijah Moshinsky
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
& CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon