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FULL SIMON BOCCANEGRA Virtual Opera Preview Documentary San Francisco CA 2026 Mary Ann Smart
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Simon Boccanegra Virtual Opera Preview
- Composer: Verdi Giuseppe
- Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave (first version) Arrigo Boito (second version)
- Venue & Opera Company: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Opera, SFO, California, San Francisco Opera Guild
- Recorded: September 9, 2026
- Type: Other
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Performances SFO September 12 – 27
Live Streaming September 19 https://www.sfopera.com/operas/simon-boccanegra/livestream/
History crowns him, but grief consumes him.
He accepts the chance to lead the Republic of Genoa with the hope of uniting his family. But on the very day Simon Boccanegra is elected doge, tragedy strikes—his beloved dies, and his infant daughter vanishes. Now, 25 years later, Boccanegra is a seasoned leader balancing opposing political factions. As he works to bring stability to a fractured republic, fate gives him one more chance at the family reunion he’s longed to secure.
Simon Boccanegra is both an intimate story of love, loss, and reconciliation, and a larger political allegory for a divided Italy aching for unity. For Verdi, peace can only be achieved when broken bonds are mended—whether between father and daughter, or rival factions of a splintered nation.
Music Director Eun Sun Kim returns to her exploration of Verdi with this powerful score, filled with some of the most stirring music he ever composed.
CAST: Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Eleonora Buratto, Toni Marie Palmertree, Christian Van Horn, Joshua Guerrero, Aleksey Bogdanov, Gabriel Natal-Báez
Quoted from SFO