Opera North: Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra

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 on the Southbank Centre’s biggest stage at the Royal Festival Hall.

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.