Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave after Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez
Premiere
12 March 1857, Venice (La Fenice)
Cast
SIMON BOCCANEGRA (baritone)
JACOPO FIESCO (bass)
PAOLO ALBIANI (bass)
PIETRO (baritone)
MARIA BOCCANEGRA (under the name of AMELIA GRIMALDI (soprano)
GABRIELE ADORNO (tenor)
CAPTAIN OF THE CROSSBOWMEN (tenor)
AMELIA's MAIDSERVANT (mezz-soprano)
CHORUS
soldiers, sailors, people, Fiesco's servants, senators, the dog's court
Place
Time
Middle of the 14th century