Simon Boccanegra - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Simon Boccanegra
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24.04.2026 , Friday
Staatsoper, Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna
Seating plan
Text by Francesco Maria Piave & Arrigo Boito after Antonio García Gutiérrez
Melodramma in a prologue and three acts
Populism, office-swapping, the influenceability of a capricious crowd: themes that couldn't be more topical.
Based on the historical Doge of Genoa in the late Middle Ages, Simon Boccanegra, Verdi depicts a ruler desperately trying to govern well, keep rival factions in check, and ultimately, as a kind of scapegoat, becomes a victim himself.
Prologue & Act 1 approx. 80 min
Interval approx. 30 min
Acts 2 & 3 approx. 60 min
Cast
Simon Boccanegra
Ludovic Tézier
Fiesco
Kwangchul Youn
Paolo
Attila Mokus
Gabriele Adorno
Joshua Guerrero
Amelia
Federica Lombardi
Musical Direction
Michele Mariotti
Direction
Peter Stein
Stage Design
Stefan Mayer
Costumes
Moidele Bickel
Subject to change.
Melodramma in a prologue and three acts
Populism, office-swapping, the influenceability of a capricious crowd: themes that couldn't be more topical.
Based on the historical Doge of Genoa in the late Middle Ages, Simon Boccanegra, Verdi depicts a ruler desperately trying to govern well, keep rival factions in check, and ultimately, as a kind of scapegoat, becomes a victim himself.
Prologue & Act 1 approx. 80 min
Interval approx. 30 min
Acts 2 & 3 approx. 60 min
Cast
Simon Boccanegra
Ludovic Tézier
Fiesco
Kwangchul Youn
Paolo
Attila Mokus
Gabriele Adorno
Joshua Guerrero
Amelia
Federica Lombardi
Musical Direction
Michele Mariotti
Direction
Peter Stein
Stage Design
Stefan Mayer
Costumes
Moidele Bickel
Subject to change.