Simon Boccanegra

About the show

In Genoa, corsair Simon Boccanegra becomes Doge and discovers that his lover Maria has died. Their daughter has disappeared. Twenty-five years later, Boccanegra meets Amelia, a young woman he recognizes as his long-lost daughter. His adviser Paolo, angry that Amelia refuses to marry him, arranges her kidnapping. Boccanegra stops a mob from attacking Gabriele Adorno, Amelia’s lover, and discovers Paolo’s role. Paolo poisons the Doge and incites a revolt. After the revolt is suppressed, Boccanegra dies reconciled with his enemy Fiesco, who learns that Amelia is his granddaughter. Boccanegra blesses Amelia and Adorno’s marriage and names Adorno his successor.