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Giuseppe Verde

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Simon Boccanegra” directed by Homoki, conducted by Luisi, staged in the Corona Disaster Gerhaher takes on the title role for the first time In December 2020, Verdi’s opera “Simon Boccanegra”, conducted by Fabio Luisi and newly directed by Andreas Homoki, was staged at the Zurich Opera House. Since the opera was performed at the Corona Disaster, the audience of 50 people and the orchestra performed remotely from the rehearsal room in Kreuzplatz, 1 km away, but the images showed no such barriers and the performance was vivid and brilliant. Simon Boccanegra” is the 20th opera Verdi wrote at the age of 43, featuring Simon Boccanegra, who actually lived in 14th century Genoa, and is a human drama with complex political backgrounds and human relationships. Furthermore, it is known as a challenging work, as it requires five talented singers: three male bass singers, a tenor, and a soprano. This year’s pe