Simon Boccanegra review – vast forces bring Verdi’s ‘fiasco’ to vivid life

Simon Boccanegra review – vast forces bring Verdi’s ‘fiasco’ to vivid life

Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterOpera Rara joined with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder for this semi-staged performance of the original version of Verdi’s opera Twenty-five years separate the action in the prologue and first act of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, and very nearly the same stretch of time elapsed between the opera’s first incarnation – whose opening…

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