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An Old School staging for Simon Boccanegra in Naples

Ambrogio Maestri (Simon Boccanegra)
© Luciano Romano
Myrtò Papatanasiu (Amelia) and Saimir Pirgu (Gabriele Adorno)
© Luciano Romano
Simon Boccanegra: Council Chamber scene
© Luciano Romano
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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 7 October 2017
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra
Teatro di San Carlo
Stefano Ranzani, Conductor
Sylvano Bussotti, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Ambrogio Maestri, Simon Boccanegra
John Relyea, Jacopo Fiesco
Giorgio Giuseppini, Jacopo Fiesco
Myrtò Papatanasiu, Amelia Grimaldi
Davinia Rodríguez, Amelia Grimaldi
Saimir Pirgu, Gabriele Adorno
Gianluca Terranova, Gabriele Adorno
Gianfranco Montresor, Paolo Albiani
Gezim Myshketa, Paolo Albiani
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