Simon Boccanegra
(Revised Version)
1992 Sarasota Opera Production
February 29, March 3, 5, 8, 15
Melodramma In A Prologue And Three Acts, Sung In Italian
Libretto By Francesco Maria Piave And Arrigo Boito
Based On The Play By Antonio Garcia Gutierrez
Conductor
Victor DeRenzi
Stage Director
John Basil
Scenic Designer
Peter Dean Beck
Costume Designer
Helen E. Rodgers
Lighting Designer
Adam Macks
Wigs And Make-Up Designers
Dennis Bergevin And Jeffrey Frank
Chorus Preparation
John Keene
Assistant Conductor
Susan Miller Hult
Opera Titles
Aria Productions
Surtitles Translation
Eddie Lew
New Production Created By Sarasota Opera
Cast
Paolo Albiani
Lawrence Alexander
Pietro
Matthew Lau
Simon Boccanegra
Kim Josephson
Jacopo Fiesco
Valentin Peytchinov
Amelia Grimaldi
Phyllis Treigle
Gabriele Adorno
Louis Langelier
Amelia’s Maidservant
Colette Rice*
A Captain Of The Crossbowmen
William Joyner**
* Apprentice Artist
** Studio Artist
Sarasota Opera Orchestra
Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists
Reviews
“Sarasota Opera’s uniformly outstanding performances show it to be clearly one of America’s outstanding regional companies.”
—Byron Belt, The Star-Ledger
“Entertaining and enjoyable … A thrilling performance.”
—John Fleming, St. Petersburg Times
“This was Verdi as his music should be done, incendiary and passionate.”
—Peter Jacobi, Herald-Times
(Photos: Sarasota Opera)