Performance of Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," the tale of a 14th century naval hero selected the first non-aristocratic Doge of Genoa. He help to heal a bitter conflict between patricians and plebians and is reunited with his long-lost daughter, but only after a plot to unseat him results in his

Performance of Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," the tale of a 14th century naval hero selected the first non-aristocratic Doge of Genoa. He help to heal a bitter conflict between patricians and plebians and is reunited with his long-lost daughter, but only after a plot to unseat him results in his eventual death.