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Simon Boccanegra: Character Map
Simon Boccanegra: Roles
| Simon Boccanegra | a corsair, later the first Doge of Genoa | tenor |
| Maria Boccanegra | known as Amelia Grimaldi | baritone |
| Gabriele Adorno | a Genoese gentleman | soprano |
| Jacopo Fiesco | known as Andrea Grimaldi | mezzo-soprano |
| Paolo Albiani | the Doge’s favourite courtier | tenor |
- Native title: Simon Boccanegra
- Composers: Giuseppe Verdi
- Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave (first version) Arrigo Boito (second version)
- Based on: Antonio García Gutiérrez’s Simón Bocanegra
- Language: Italian
- Premiere: March 12, 1857, La Fenice, Venice
- Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes (Prologue: 25 minutes, Act 1: 50 minutes, Act 2: 30 minutes, Act 3: 25 minutes)
Simon Boccanegra: Short Synopsis
Simon and Fiesco’s daughter, Maria, had already gained a daughter, although her father, Fiesco, opposed the marriage. The daughter they had hidden and raised disappeared. Maria died under house arrest by her father. In his grief, Simon was elected, in an election, Governor of Genoa.
Twenty-five years later, Fiesco (Andrea) is fostering Amelia (Simon’s missing daughter) as his adopted daughter, unaware she is his grandchild. Simon and Amelia are reunited and find out they are father and daughter. Genoa is experiencing a conflict between commoners and nobles. Simon dies after being poisoned by Paolo.