Simon Boccanegra
opera by Giuseppe Verdi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Boccanegra is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. It is divided into a prologue and three acts. The libretto is by Francesco Maria Piave. The story was based on a play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
Simon Boccanegra was first performed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 12 March 1857. It was not very successful, and many years later Verdi made a lot of changes to it. He was helped by the writer Arrigo Boito who made changes to the plot. The new version was first performed at La Scala, Milan on 24 March 1881. This is the version that is normally performed today.