Simon Boccanegra at Academy of Music

Fri, Sep 22 8:00pm

Sun, Sep 24 2:00pm

Fri, Sep 28 8:00pm

Sun, Oct 1 2:00pm

Approximately 3 hours including one 20-minute intermission

New Production

Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito

Performed in Italian with English supertitles

Part of Festival O23

A powerhouse cast and some of Verdi's most sumptuous music fuel this sweeping story that mixes political turmoil with poignant family drama.

Baritone Quinn Kelsey stars as Simon Boccanegra, a leader coming into great power who must balance duty to his nation with his duties as a father after his long-lost daughter Amelia (soprano Ana María Martínez) reenters his life. Surrounded by poisonous rivals, can he be the man those who love him need him to be and survive the plots of those who hate him?