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Simon Boccanegra-23 February 1972 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Aldo Ceccato
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Leader Peter Gibbs
Cast
Paolo Albiani
goldsmith and later favourite courtier of the Doge 		Delme Bryn-Jones
Pietro
plebeian and later courtier 		Paul Hudson
Simon Boccanegra
corsair and Doge of Genoa 		Ingvar Wixell
Jacopo Fiesco
nobleman of Genoa, later living under the name of Andrea 		Ruggero Raimondi
Maria
Boccanegra's daughter, known as Amelia Grimaldi 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Gabriele Adorno
nobleman 		Carlo Cossutta
Gabriele Adorno
nobleman 		Ermanno Mauro
Companion to Amelia Elizabeth Shelley
Secretary to the Doge Daniel McCoshan
Sailors, Carpenters, Citizens of Genoa, Pages, Huntsmen, Councillors, Nobles The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from the Christopher Wren School for Boys
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: In Acts III and IV Ermanno Mauro replaced Carlo Cossutta in the role of Gabriele Adorno.
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 February 1972 (in Royal Opera House Collections)