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    Simon Boccanegra

    (Revised Version)

      1992 Sarasota Opera Production 

    February 29, March 3, 5, 8, 15

     

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    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

     

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    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)

     

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