Chung's Simon Boccanegra is worth a watch

By James Imam, 09 February 2018

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“This was an evening to shut your eyes and enjoy the music,”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 8 February 2018

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra

Teatro alla Scala

Myung-whun Chung, Conductor

Federico Tiezzi, Director

Pier Paolo Bisleri, Set Designer

Giovanna Buzzi, Costume Designer

Leo Nucci, Simon Boccanegra

Krassimira Stoyanova, Amelia Grimaldi

Dmitry Belosselskiy, Jacopo Fiesco

Fabio Sartori, Gabriele Adorno

Dalibor Jenis, Paolo Albiani

Ernesto Panariello, Pietro

Marco Filibeck, Lighting Designer

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Myung-whun Chung's Simon Boccanegra is worth a watch at La Scala