Simon Boccanegra

Giuseppe Verdi | Concert staging

24 April - 24 May 2025

Dates & venues

Set in 14th-century Genoa, Simon Boccanegra is a gripping story of political intrigue and personal tragedy.

With music full of dark-hued grandeur and excitement, Opera North’s first ever performances of Simon Boccanegra follow our acclaimed concert stagings of large-scale Italian classics such as Turandot and Aida. It promises to be an unmissable event.

At its core is a decades-long feud between political rivals: Simon Boccanegra, former pirate and man of the people, and Jacopo Fiesco, a leading member of the nobility. But these enemies are bound together by the strongest of family ties: one is the father and the other the grandfather of the same woman, Amelia.

Premiered in 1857, Verdi revised the opera in 1881 with the librettist Arrigo Boito, with whom he later collaborated on his final masterpieces, Otello and Falstaff. Together they crafted a Shakespearean drama of love, loss and reconciliation which, in its celebrated Council Chamber scene, contains Verdi’s most impassioned plea for peace and unity.

 

Price
From £16*
Venues
  • St George's Concert Hall, Bradford
  • Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
  • The Glasshouse, Gateshead
  • Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
  • Hull City Hall
  • Southbank Centre, London

Running time
Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes

Language
Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Buy your programme in advance
Digital (£4) or printed (£6+£2.50 postage)

Find the best tickets for you
Multibuy packages
£20 new to opera tickets
£10 for under 30s and children
Group and schools discounts

London on sale dates to be announced

*Prices vary by venue. Booking fees may apply.

Media

Cast & creative

A man with short hair and a beard.
Roland Wood

Simon Boccanegra

A man with a goatee.
Vazgen Gazaryan

Jacopo Fiesco

A woman with wavy hair and earrings.
Sara Cortolezzis

Amelia

A man in a hoodie looking up while leaning against a wall.
Andrés Presno

Gabriele Adorno

A bald man with a large beard.
Mandla Mndebele

Paolo Albiani

Antony Hermus

Conductor

PJ Harris

Stage Director

Simon Boccanegra
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