opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoGiuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (1857, revised 1881)
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Opernhaus Zürich, 2021
- Conductor: Fabio Luisi
- Director: Andreas Homoki
- Set Designer: Christian Schmidt
- Simon Boccanegra: Christian Gerhaher
- Amelia Grimaldi: Jennifer Rowley
- Gabriele Adorno: Otar Jorjikia
A perpetually revolving set – doors constantly opening, passageways continually revealed – provides a visual analogue to the dizzying involutions of the libretto of Simon Boccanegra.