Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast 12 March 1857 (Conductor: — ) |
Revised version Premiere cast 24 March 1881 (Conductor: Franco Faccio) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Boccanegra, a corsair, later the first Doge of Genoa |
baritone | Leone Giraldoni | Victor Maurel |
| Maria Boccanegra, his daughter, known as Amelia Grimaldi |
soprano | Luigia Bendazzi | Anna d'Angeri |
| Jacopo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman, known as Andrea Grimaldi |
bass | Giuseppe Echeverria | Edouard de Reszke |
| Gabriele Adorno, a Genoese gentleman | tenor | Carlo Negrini | Francesco Tamagno |
| Paolo Albiani, a goldsmith and the Doge’s favourite courtier |
baritone | Giacomo Vercellini | Federico Salvati |
| Pietro, a Genoese popular leader and courtier |
bass | Andrea Bellini | Giovanni Bianco |
| Captain of the Crossbowmen | tenor | Angelo Fiorentini | |
| Amelia’s maid | mezzo-soprano | Fernanda Capelli | |
| Soldiers, sailors, people, senators, the Doge’s court, prisoners – Chorus | |||
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