Name: Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra
Start: 2024-04-18T19:00:00
Location: The Bridgewater Hall

Nicola Alaimo

Sergio Vitale

Eri Nakamura

Sir Mark Elder

Iván Ayón-Rivas

William Thomas

David Shipley

Beth Moxon

RNCM Opera Chorus

The Hallé

Opera Rara

Chorus of Opera North

What happens when man’s best friend becomes head-of-state? Opera Rara and the Hallé team up once again to present Offenbach’s opera Barkouf, where a dog rules the day.

Offenbach’s Barkouf

The Bridgewater Hall

Opera Rara join forces once again with The Hallé in Manchester to record and perform the newly edited original version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. The new Ricordi edition of the 1857 Simon Boccanegra, by Opera Rara’s Repertoire Consultant Roger Parker, is the first based on Verdi’s autograph score of the opera, which has only recently become available to scholars. The 1881 version, considered by many commentators to be superior to its 1857 cousin, is performed regularly worldwide. However, we believe that if the 1881 revisions had not come into being, it is certain that the 1857 version would hold an important place in Verdi “canon”. We want to shine a new light on the original in a performance and new studio recording with some of the world’s greatest Verdi specialists.

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Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra

Simon Boccanegra