The Met Live in HD
Simon Boccanegra

Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi’s gripping political thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this moving and tragic story of a father and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts.

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito
Conductor James Levine
Production Giancarlo del Monaco
Set & Costume Designer Michael Scott
Amelia Grimaldi Adrianne Pieczonka
Gabriele Adorno Marcello Giordani
Simon Boccanegra Plácido Domingo
Jacopo Fiesco James Morris

This event is sponsored by Red Wing/Package Pavement.
The promotional sponsor is WMHT.

Our 2009/10 Met Opera: Live in HD broadcasts are made possible in large part though the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, the Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, the Dr. Edwin Ulrich Charitable Trust, the Benjamin R. Strong Opera Fund, and the Stephen and Julia Dunwell Fund of the Community Foundation of Dutchess County.