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	Simon Boccanegra @ Royal Opera House, London : opera review
		In the Prologue we learn that Simon Boccanegra, an ex-pirate, has been having an affair with Maria Fiesco, daughter of his arch-rival Jacopo Fiesco - meanwhile, Boccanegra is appointed to the position of Doge with help from Paolo.
		When Simon accidentally discovers Amelia, they are overjoyed, but Paolo's demand for Amelia's hand in marriage in return for helping Simon to the post of Doge is refused because Amelia already loves another.
		Eventually Fiesco and Boccanegra are reconciled, the latter leaving his daughter in the care of the former, and Gabriele is named as the new Doge as well as being given the hand of Amelia in marriage.
	www.musicomh.com /opera/simon-boccanegra.htm (779 words)

	NPR : Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'
		Simon (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, center), on the verge of death, is comforted by Amelia (Olga Guryakova) and Adorno (Marco Berti), in Simon Boccanegra from Houston Grand Opera.
		She refuses to reveal her true relationship to Simon and Adorno is convinced that she's betrayed him.
		Simon can now accept the peace that Fiesco offered as the opera began and reveals that Amelia is his daughter, and Fiesco's granddaughter.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=15625991 (1474 words)

	The Santa Fe Opera :: 2004 Season Overview
		The plebians are led by Pietro, Paolo and Simon Boccanegra, a sea captain.
		Boccanegra finally agrees when the two point out that his election might sweep away her father’s hostility.
		Boccanegra instructs Gabriele to join his colleagues but he refuses, pledging himself to the Doge.
	www.santafeopera.org /Current/template.php?id=12 (908 words)

	Verdi - Simon Boccanengra (MMT2045-46)
		Simon Boccanegra is a particularly important transition however, moving from the ‘personal’ period of operas like Luisa Miller and La Traviata, concerned primarily with the private, intimate relationships between characters, toward a more international phase.
		Simon Boccanegra’s cool reception from an audience hoping for another Trovatore was because it seemed a sombre and pessimistic work with few solo star turns except, perhaps, Fiesco’s bass aria “Il lacerato spirito”.
		There is no lack of wonderful melody in Simon Boccanegra but it is subtly woven into the score as a whole while the extensive recitative, the first he wrote to a text in prose, heightens and intensifies the dramatic exchanges.
	www.trustcds.com /pages/recordings/MMT2045.html (1886 words)

	verdiana! giuseppe verdi and simon boccanegra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Simon Boccanegra: Leone Giraldoni; Amelia: Luigia Bendazzi; Gabriele Adorno: Carlo Negrini; Jacopo Fiesco: Giuseppe Echeverria
		The real Simon Boccanegra was the first Doge of Genoa, whose term of office from 1339 to 1344 was marked by wise and sober government.
		Boccanegra resigned as Doge after five years in the face of strong opposition and outright hostility on the part of the feudal nobility and the rich merchants.
	www.r-ds.com /opera/verdiana/boccanegra.htm (717 words)

	RoyalOperaHouse - Synopses - Opera & Ballet Synopses
		Fiesco forbade Maria to marry Boccanegra, who is of lower rank, and imprisoned her in his palace; the baby is being raised by a nurse outside the city.
		She tells Boccanegra that she was adopted, and as she relates what she knows of her early life, Boccanegra realizes that she is his long-lost daughter.
		When Amelia says to Boccanegra that she would die for Adorno, Boccanegra agrees to pardon him, even though he knows he is part of the conspiracy against him.
	info.royaloperahouse.org /Synopses/index.cfm?ccs=77&cs=1013 (1018 words)

	Portale Guseppe Verdi Ing \| Life and Operas \| Simon Boccanegra
		Boccanegra wants to have her marry his faithful Paolo, and Amelia, to escape the danger, asks Gabriele to marry her right away.
		Boccanegra in the meantime sees a locket preserved by Amelia: it contains the picture of Maria, and he understands who the girl is and annuls the plans of marriage with Paolo.
		, 1857, with baritone Leone Gilardoni as Simon Boccanegra, bass Giuseppe Etcheverry as Fiesco, baritone Giacomo Vercellini as Paolo, and soprano Luigia Bendazzi as Maria/Amalia.
	www.giuseppeverdi.it /Inglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=162&IDSezione=580&ID=19753 (490 words)

	Amazon.com: Verdi - Simon Boccanegra / Freni, Cappuccilli, Carreras, Ghiaurov, van Dam, Foiani, Teatro alla Scala, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Amazon.com: Verdi - Simon Boccanegra / Freni, Cappuccilli, Carreras, Ghiaurov, van Dam, Foiani, Teatro alla Scala, Abbado: Music: Giuseppe Verdi,Claudio Abbado,Mirella Freni,José Carreras,Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala,Piero Cappuccilli,Nicolai Ghiaurov,José van Dam,Giovanni Foiani,Maria Fausta Gallamini
		Verdi - Simon Boccanegra / Freni, Cappuccilli, Carreras, Ghiaurov, van Dam, Foiani, Teatro alla Scala, Abbado
		Simon Boccanegra: 'Suona Ogni Labbro Il Mio Nome'
	www.amazon.com /Verdi-Boccanegra-Cappuccilli-Carreras-Ghiaurov/dp/B000001GXJ (353 words)

	Verdi discoveries. Tess Crebbin writes about an interesting CD by Riccardo Chailly CD
		Boccanegra's was a story that Verdi did not wish to be forgotten and his persistence paid off.
		For this, Verdi used original letters by Francesco Petrarca, one to Simon Boccanegra and one to the doge of Venice, which were asking the men to cease the wars between the two republics.
		The historic Simon Boccanegra was poisoned in 1363 but for as long as people continue to listen to Verdi operas they will continue to know his name.
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2004/05/verdi3.htm (434 words)

	Glorious 'Simon Boccanegra' a triumph for San Diego Opera North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside ...
		In a giant nutshell, Simon (Ataneli) is a plebian corsair (a middle-class ship captain) who is talked into being elected doge in 1300s Genoa by two scheming plebians, Paolo (baritone James Westman) and Pietro (John Marcos Bindel), who plan to manipulate Simon to crush the aristocracy once he's on the throne.
		Simon has fathered a child with the daughter of the disapproving aristocrat Fiesco (Kotchinian), but Fiesco prohibits their marriage and she dies.
		Simon is still doge and he discovers that the beautiful young woman living in a nearby palace under the guardianship of a monk (actually Fiesco in disguise) is really his long-lost daughter, Amelia (Harteros).
	nctimes.com /articles/2005/04/05/entertainment/theater/3300593347.txt (887 words)

	At The Opera 21/11/2004: Simon Boccanegra
		Simon Boccanegra, Corsair and Doge of Venice: Piero Cappuccilli, baritone
		Paolo convinces Boccanegra, because as Doge, he could have Fiesco's daughter, with whom he is in love and has a child.
		Boccanegra can't comply, because he has entrusted the baby to the care of an old woman whom one day he found dead and the baby gone.
	www.abc.net.au /classic/opera/stories/s1384732.htm (566 words)

	San Diego Magazine - covering San Diego entertainment, fashion, events and news. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Simon Boccanegra, regrettably, never rises to that level of inspiration, but it certainly tries, and San Diego Opera wins many points for attempting such a show at all.
		Boccanegra is not an easy audience pleaser: its music is not as familiar as about a dozen other Verdi works, and its plot is perhaps slightly more opaque than that of Il Trovatore, a work redeemed by its astonishing flood of unforgettable tunes.
		Boccanegra does not evoke tears too readily, but Ataneli managed to project deep feeling in the rediscovery of his "figlia".
	www.sandiego-online.com /opera/bocca.shtml (876 words)

	Simon Boccanegra: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Simon Boccanegra is an opera opera quick summary:
		Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music....
		Simon Boccanegra is part of the standard operatic repertoire[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link].
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/simon_boccanegra.htm (410 words)

	Schiller Institute
		A good example of the close connection between bel canto and drama in Verdi's operas is Simon Boccanegra, which is also the opera Maestro Sacchetti proposed to the City of Busseto be peformed in the lower tuning, since Verdi wrote it around the time of his proposed decree to lower orchestra tuning to A=432 Hz.
		In the beginning, Simon cries out dramatically, in the recitative: "plebe, patrizi, popolo dalla feroce storia," ("commoners, patricians, people of the ferocious history"), his disappointment with his people, slaves of an oligarchy which is setting up a Jacobin-style rebellion against him, using personal rage and resentment, as in all Classical tragedies.
		Then, when Simon sings "piango su voi" ("I cry over you"), the orchestra accompaniment and singing change, when all the main characters of the tragedy understand Boccanegra's vision, and the soprano Amelia ends the beautiful scene, singing alone "peace, be inspired by a sentiment of love for your fatherland," on a pianissimo.
	www.schillerinstitute.org /music/simon_boc_lil.html (1025 words)

	Durango Herald Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A reluctant Boccanegra (Mark Delavan) is elected Doge of medieval Genoa the same day his lover dies.
		When Boccanegra recognizes his long lost daughter, Amelia (Patricia Racette), it is a moment opera lovers live for.
		In her excellent pre-opera talk, writer Desirée Mays discussed the importance of Verdi's early griefs in creating "Boccanegra." When the composer was in his 20s, his young wife and two children died within 18 months of each other.
	www.durangoherald.com /asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=ae&article_path=/arts_entertainment/ae040817_2.htm (701 words)

	THE LONG PAUSE \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The first thing an opera-goer has to understand about Giuseppe Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" is that 25 years pass between the opera's prologue and first act.
		Set in the mid-1300s, "Simon Boccanegra" is based on the Spanish play of the same title by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez.
		Amelia is the granddaughter of Fiesco, Boccanegra's foe and a patrician.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050324/news_lz1w23opera.html (463 words)

	Met Boccanegra 1999 reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		"Simon Boccanegra" is that rare Verdi opera where the baritone gets the big death scene while the soprano and tenor survive and get each other.
		In "Simon Boccanegra" Verdi has written music of great dignity in support of a plot best followed by means of graphs and charts.
		The "Simon Boccanegra" that has come down to us offers an 1857 original with the overlay of heavy revisions made nearly a quarter-century later.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Articles/ny012799.htm (1111 words)

	Met, Simon Boccanegra on tv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Both are in excellent voice, though limited in acting skills and a bit past the ideal age and weight for the young lover roles of Amelia, Simon's long-lost daughter, and Gabriele, his hereditary enemy who is (naturally) in love with Amelia, not knowing her family background.
		Perhaps the reason is the opera's background; Simon is a historic character and the opera's context is the medieval struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, a subject that makes the eyes of English-speakers glaze over.
		Or perhaps the plot is too melodramatic, with exaggerated passions, impetuous swordplay, villains of darkest hue, concealed identities, lovers' misunderstandings, the abduction of a young woman, a ceremonial curse and giant servings of vengeance and remorse.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Art/wp42695.htm (470 words)

	Simon
		Simon the Zealot, one of the twelve apostles.
		a relative, perhaps a brother, of Jesus: sometimes identified with Simon the Canaanite.
		2nd century a.d.?, founder of a Gnostic sect and reputed prototype of the Faust legend: often identified with the Biblical Simon Magus.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/Simon (80 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Mattila, Guelfi, Konstantinov, Et Al
		Boccanegra's throne in the Council Chamber Scene never has looked so powerful; the chalice with the poison that kills him is our focal point not only because it spells doom for Boccanegra but because it's beautiful and it's there.
		The lighting is stunning, with a persistent blue to remind us of the sea--and the costumes, in reds, whites, and blues only (except for a clashing orange for the villain, Paolo) dazzle the eye with their brilliance.
		Carlo Guelfi is close to being the ideal Simon; he superbly manages the character's public strength and nobility as well as his private, fatherly warmth, and he turns in some of the most affecting pianissimo singing imaginable.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=82676 (517 words)

	Sound Recording Review--Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) - Piero Cappuccilli (Simon Boccanegra); Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria Boccanegra); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco); José Carreras (Gabriele Adorno); José van Dam (Paolo Albiani); Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Claudio Abbado - Deutsche Grammophon Original 449 752-2 - two discs 136:30 ADD
		Boccanegra is one of Verdi's most seamlessly beautiful scores, with the sea a constant lyrical presence behind the intense human drama; but it is also problematic.
		This seamlessness reduces the impact and fame of individual arias, although the bass's "Il lacerato spirito" and the tenor's Act II outburst "O inferno!" are as potentially popular as any he wrote.
	www.jcarreras.com /articles/1997/cno0597a.stm (303 words)

	OperaWorld.com Distance Learning: Course Description for Simon Boccanegra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The revised Simon Boccanegra, presented at the Teatro La Scala in Milan in1881had particular relevance during an era of partisan strife in Italy.
		The libretto for the revised portions of Simon Boccanegra was written by Arrigo Boito, one of Italy’s most revered literary lions.
		Recommended CD recording: Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi, with Claudio Abbado conducting the orchestra and chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
	www.operaworld.com /prompter/courses/simon.shtml (518 words)

	Turandot Press Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Simon Boccanegra (Lado Ataneli) mourns the loss of his love, Maria, in San Diego Opera’s 2005 production of Simon Boccanegra.
		Still reeling from the death of his beloved Maria, Simon Boccanegra (Lado Ataneli) is hailed as Doge by the people of Genoa in San Diego Opera’s 2005 production of Simon Boccanegra.
		Simon Boccanegra (Lado Ataneli) realizes his rival and father of his deceased love, Jacopo Fiesco, is alive in San Diego Opera’s 2005 production of Simon Boccanegra.
	www.sdopera.com /pressphotos/boccanegra.html (309 words)

	DVD4Music.com: DVD: Verdi - Simon Boccanegra
		The personal price of political success is the theme at the heart of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, a tale of intrigue, rebellion, betrayal, assassination and passion.
		Even though Boccanegra never outstripped Verdi's popular operas, many cognoscenti consider it the most beautiful of his operas.
		Set against the class-driven battle for the control of 14th-century Genoa, it sympathetically portrays the embattled Doge of the city as the consequences of his past lead - through an estranged daughter, her competing suitors and a life-long enemy - to his own death.
	www.dvd4music.com /cgi-bin/onlineshop?request=details&ref=dvopsibo&file=1 (250 words)

	Andrew Cooper: reviews of Welsh National Opera productions
		Inspection of the programme afterwards disclosed that this was some or all of Petrarch's "Canzone (Canzona?) 128" (is this the letter referred to in the Council Chamber scene?).
		Boccanegra's death was preceded by the arrival just behind him of an oddly-shaped section of this with a random selection of words on it; but this was the only oddity about the production, which was otherwise blessedly straightforward.
		He sang strongly, and, like Simon Thorpe, the Donald, was realistically distraught at Billy's fate.
	www.personal.leeds.ac.uk /~lib6arc/wno1.html (4823 words)

	International opera cast bring Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra' to life North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest ...
		The good-natured Ataneli bluffed and smiled a lot as he talked about his first Boccanegra, his colleagues and the opera.
		Ataneli's favorite moment occurs when Boccanegra discovers that his fiancee, Amelia (Harteros), is truly his long-lost daughter, spirited away 25 years earlier when she was a young child.
		"Simon Boccanegra" was last performed by San Diego Opera in 1984.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/03/25/entertainment/theater/19_23_163_23_05.txt (896 words)

	Simon Boccanegra (2002) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Mrs G was having a long weekend in Morocco so I settled down with a bottle of sangiovese to watch this 2002 production of Simon Boccanegra from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence.
		Simon Boccanegra was a huge flop at its first production in Venice in 1857 and it was not until 1881, after Verdi called in that well-known 19th century script-doctor Arrigo Boito that a virtually rewritten Simon had some measure of success at La Scala.
		He poisons Simon during Act II and, this being a special operatic poison, Simon manages to survive throughout Act III before expiring gracefully.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0417138 (643 words)

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