Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
| 13 December 2018 (USA)
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The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of Genoa and the troubled observer of the conflicts that tore apart 14th century landowners and peasants. An eminently political opera in which power struggles are interwoven with family conflicts, Simon Boccanegra echoes the life of its composer – the man who championed the cause of Italian unification and overcame the loss of his wife and children. Calixto Bieito, that most Shakespearean of opera directors, brings humanism and truth to a work haunted by gleaming images of the sea.

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Ceticultsot

Beautiful, moving film.

Fairaher

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Humaira Grant

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Justina

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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