Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’

Plácido Domingo plays the title character to Ana María Martínez's Amelia in a dress rehearsal for Los Angeles Opera's production of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Plácido Domingo plays the title character to Ana María Martínez’s Amelia in a dress rehearsal for Los Angeles Opera’s production of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

March 22, 2014 6:09 PM PT

Plácido Domingo stars in Verdi’s opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Plácido Domingo, right center, with the cast of the opera. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Stefano Secco (Gabriele Adorno), left and Plácido Domingo. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Plácido Domingo, left, and Vitalij Kowaljow (Jacopo Fiesco). (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Vitalij Kowaljow (Jacopo Fiesco), left, and Plácido Domingo. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Foreground, from left: Stefano Secco (Gabriele Adorno), Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra) and Paolo Gavanelli (Paolo Albiani) with the cast. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Stefano Secco (Gabriele Adorno), second from right, with the cast. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Ana María Martínez as Amelia. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'

Ana María Martínez as Amelia. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

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