Opera North: Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra
Experience Opera North up close in this concert performance of a thrilling Verdi masterpiece that bristles with high emotion and political intrigue.
In Renaissance Genoa, firebrand man-of-the-people Simon Boccanegra becomes Doge, winning the power he desires even as he loses the love of his life.
Years later, while his enemies plot against him, he finds his long-lost daughter. Can he heal the wounds of the past before it is too late?
Taking centre stage alongside a top-flight international cast, the orchestra and chorus of Opera North are at the heart of the musical spectacle in this live concert staging of Verdi’s operatic thriller.
See the orchestra and singers together on stage, and thrillingly close, with costumes and drama aplenty in Verdi’s tale of love, ambition, regret and reconciliation. Expect passionate arias, roof-raising choruses and heartrending drama under the baton of Antony Hermus.
Performers
Orchestra of Opera North
Antony Hermus conductor
Roland Wood baritone, Simon Boccanegra
Vazgen Gazaryan bass, Jacopo Fiesco
Sara Cortolezzis soprano, Amelia Grimaldi
Andrés Presno tenor, Gabriele Adorno
Mandla Mndebele baritone, Paolo Albiani
to be announced tenor, bass
Richard Mosley-Evans bass, Pietro
Ivan Sharpe tenor, Captain
Laura Kelly-McInroy mezzo-soprano, Amelia's maid
Chorus of Opera North
Repertoire
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - opera in 3 acts (concert performance in Italian with English surtitles)
Need to know
Find out more about the music with Opera’s North’s programme.
View the programme
Reviews
‘I doubt whether anything will stir the soul, shiver the spine and raise the roof like this concert’
The Times
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For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.