SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Name: SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Start: 2026-06-04T00:00:00
End: 2026-06-28T23:59:00
Location: Nationale Opera & Ballet

Dutch National Opera

Holland Festival

Run Dates

2026.06.04 ~ 2026.06.28

Nationale Opera & Ballet

Premiere

About the show

Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra revolves around two central themes: the relationship between father and daughter and the conflict between public responsibility and personal desires. These emotions resonate in vocal lines full of feeling and colourful orchestral accompaniment with dramatic contrasts. Dutch director Jetske Mijnssen returns to our theatre for a new production after her compelling interpretation of Donizetti’s Tudor Trilogy. Mijnssen’s remarkable ability to explore the emotional depth of characters makes her ideally suited to handle the intricate dynamics of Simon Boccanegra and his long-lost daughter Amelia.

Creatives

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer

Details

Music Giuseppe Verdi Libretto Francesco Maria Piave Musical direction Fabio Luisi Andrea Sanguineti (25 June) Stage direction Jetske Mijnssen Set design Etienne Pluss Costume design Hannah Clark Lighting design Valerio Tiberi Movement direction Jean-François Kessler Dramaturgy Laura Roling Simon Boccanegra George Petean Amelia Grimaldi Federica Lombardi Jacopo Fiesco Georg Zeppenfeld Gabriele Adorno Riccardo Massi Paolo Albiani Germán Olvera Pietro Jasurbek Khaydarov* Un Capitano François Soons Un’Ancella di Amelia Yvonne Kok *Dutch National Opera Studio Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera Chorus Master Edward Ananian-Cooper production photo ©Ben van Duin

Where it's been performed

Nationale Opera & Ballet

Amsterdam

Netherlands