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* UnexpectedKindness: Amelia expects no good from Simon, who is her family's political enemy. Instead, he hands her the official pardon of her exiled brothers, and she is amazed at such kindness.
* UnexpectedKindness: Amelia expects no good from Simon, who is her family's political enemy. Instead, he hands her the official pardon of her exiled brothers, and she is amazed at such kindness.
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* JealousRomanticWitness: As Paolo Albiani is dragged off to the gallows, he is also forced to hear the wedding celebration of Amelia Grimaldi (on whom he has a VillainousCrush) and Gabriele Adorno. He brokenly cries out "The horror! the horror!" when he hears it.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Fiesco wants to kill Simon, sure enough, but he isn’t going to do it in exchange for his own freedom and when Simon is asleep. He isn’t pleased that Simon got poisoned, either, he wanted "another end" for the Doge.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The real Amelia Grimaldi died in infancy, so her parents adopted an orphan baby girl and called her Amelia instead.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The real Amelia Grimaldi died in infancy, childhood, so her parents adopted an orphan baby girl and called her Amelia instead.
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* AntiClimax: Simon is responsible for the deaths of Gabriele’s family, and it’s the primary reason Amelia keeps her parentage a secret from Gabriele. When she finally has no choice but to reveal it to the latter? He accepts it at once and switches to Simon’s side without an ounce of inner conflict.
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* ObviouslyEvil: Starting from after the TimeSkip, everyone inexplicably knows Paolo is evil but he inexplicably remains Simon’s right-hand man.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: One can understand Simon not condemning Paolo straightaway – the guy has power at court. But why on earth couldn’t he acknowledge Amelia as his long-lost daughter? He has no legitimate children who would be troubled. Such a move would have made Fiesco switch to his side with lightning speed and maybe even removed Amelia’s claim on the Grimaldi fortune (and there goes Paolo Albiani’s motive, at least one of the two motives, in wanting to marry her).
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* PoorCommunicationKills: One can understand Simon not condemning Paolo straightaway – the guy has power at court. But why on earth couldn’t he acknowledge could have legally acknowledged Amelia as his long-lost daughter? daughter and spared everyone a lot of problems. He has no legitimate children who would be troubled.troubled by her existence. Such a move would have made Fiesco switch to his side with lightning speed and maybe even removed Amelia’s claim on the Grimaldi fortune (and there goes Paolo Albiani’s motive, at least one of the two motives, in wanting to marry her).
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* DamselOutOfDistress: After getting kidnapped, Amelia rescues herself by threatening Lorenzino with the Doge’s vengeance. Lorenzino gets scared and lets her leave (it doesn’t save him, as Gabriele gets him before Simon does).
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* PoorCommunicationKills: One can understand Simon not condemning Paolo straightaway – the guy has power at court. But why on earth couldn’t he acknowledge Amelia as his long-lost daughter? He has no legitimate children who would be troubled. Such a move would have made Fiesco switch to his side with lightning speed and maybe even removed Amelia’s claim on the Grimaldi fortune (and there goes Paolo Albiani’s motive, at least one of the two motives, in wanting to marry her).
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The real Amelia Grimaldi died in infancy, so her parents adopted an orphan baby girl and called her Amelia instead.
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* RaisedByRival: Simon’s daughter ends up being raised in the family of his political enemies.
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* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Downplayed. Illegitimate child Maria is adopted by the BlueBlood Grimaldis.
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* OrphansPlotTrinket: Amelia has a locket with her mother’s portrait. When Simon sees it, he realises she is his daughter.
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* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: Inverted. Fiesco tells Gabriele Adorno that Amelia is, in fact, only a Grimaldi by adoption and really is an orphan of unknown background. Gabriele doesn’t care, and Fiesco proudly announces he is indeed worthy of Amelia.
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* AdoptiveNameChange: Maria Boccanegra is renamed Amelia Grimaldi after getting adopted by the Grimaldi family.
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* CruelMercy: Fiesco wants to kill Albiani [[PapaWolf after finding out he was the one behind Amelia's kidnapping]], but decides against it... so that Albiani, who is at that point dragged off to the gallows, will bear the additional shame of a PublicExecution.
* DeathbedConfession: Facing execution, Albiani admits that he kidnapped Amelia and poisoned Simon.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Simon dies in his daughter's arms.
* DeathbedConfession: Facing execution, Albiani admits that he kidnapped Amelia and poisoned Simon.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Simon dies in his daughter's arms.
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* GoldDigger: Amelia is afraid Paolo Albiani wants to marry her because he is after the Grimaldi riches. When he meets her, he is very impressed by her beauty as well.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Adorno is deeply remorseful when he realizes he was needlessly jealous of Amelia ''and'' almost killed her father.
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* BadassBaritone: Subverted. Simon is a baritone, and while he is in no way a coward, and a very skilled politician, he is not particularly badass at all. In fact, all of the characters in this opera are a bit adverse to physical conflict on stage.
* DotingGrandparent: For all of Fiesco's disapproval of Simon Boccanegra, he genuinely wants to raise his granddaughter and is willing to reconcile with Simon if the latter only lets him take the girl into his care. Unfortunately, little Maria has by that point disappeared, but, ironically, Fiesco does become the one to take care of her after she is adopted by the Grimaldis.
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* LoveObstructingParents: Jacopo Fiesco locked his daughter Maria up after her affair with Boccanegra and wouldn't let them get married. Predictably, it just led to Maria's death and a huge mess of drama and misunderstandings that lasted twenty-five years.
* MutualKill: Albiani fatally poisons Boccanegra, who then manages to have theformer
former sent to the gallows and executed before succumbing. succumbing.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Albiani kidnaps Amelia after she refuses to marry him. And after she escapes and complains to the Doge, he slanders her before her beloved Adorno by telling him she sleeps with Simon.
* MutualKill: Albiani fatally poisons Boccanegra, who then manages to have the
* NotGoodWithRejection: Albiani kidnaps Amelia after she refuses to marry him. And after she escapes and complains to the Doge, he slanders her before her beloved Adorno by telling him she sleeps with Simon.
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* MutualKill: Albiani fatally poisons Boccanegra, who then manages to have the former sent to the gallows and executed before succumbing.
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* ParentalSubstitute: "Father Andrea", really Jacopo Fiesco, is like a father to Amelia Grimaldi. He is unaware that she is really Maria and his own granddaughter.
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in other words, there is no deep-voiced = evil correlation
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Simon is a baritone and a flawed but ultimately quite sympathetic character. Jacopo is a basso and also flawed but sympathetic. Pietro is a basso and is genuinely decent (in the versions where he appears at all). Paolo, on the other hand, is a baritone and a right wrong 'un.
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''Simon Boccanegra'' (Simon Blackmouth, or more figuratively Simon The Liar) is a historic drama about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} first Doge of the Venetian Republic]], the titular Simon.
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''Simon Boccanegra'' (Simon Blackmouth, or more figuratively Simon The Liar) is a historic drama about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} first Doge of the Venetian Republic]], Genoa, the titular Simon.
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* RelativeError: Adorno is quick to believe Amelia is the Doge’s mistress, due to their sudden closeness. Amelia reveals that she is in fact Simon’s daughter before things get ''completely'' out of hand.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Simon is a baritone and a flawed but ultimately quite sympathetic characters. Jacopo is a basso and also flawed but sympathetic. Pietro is a basso and is genuinely decent (in the versions where he appears at all). Paolo, on the other hand, is a baritone and a right wrong 'un.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Simon is a baritone and a flawed but ultimately quite sympathetic characters.character. Jacopo is a basso and also flawed but sympathetic. Pietro is a basso and is genuinely decent (in the versions where he appears at all). Paolo, on the other hand, is a baritone and a right wrong 'un.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Fiesco's first appearance is in the Prologue, where he sings a whole aria lamenting the death of his beloved daughter Maria.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Fiesco's first appearance is in the Prologue, where he sings [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7cwjbO4zaM a whole aria lamenting the death of his beloved daughter Maria.Maria]].
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One of Verdi's least famous operas, it breaks the Verdi mold in many ways, primarily by not having a particularly tragic ending.
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*OutlivingOnesOffspring: Fiesco's first appearance is in the Prologue, where he sings a whole aria lamenting the death of his beloved daughter Maria.
-->''"The wounded spirit of a sad parent\\
Was kept in the agony of shame and grief."''
-->''"The wounded spirit of a sad parent\\
Was kept in the agony of shame and grief."''
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* MutualKill: Albiani fatally poisons Boccanegra, who then manages to have the former sent to the gallows and executed before succumbing.
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* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter, reconciled with his father-in-law and seen his daughter marry the man she loves.
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* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter, reconciled with his father-in-law and father-in-law, seen his daughter marry the man she loves.loves, and named the latter as his successor.
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* TheLastDance: While dying of poison administed by Paolo Albiani, Simon manages to reconcile with both Fiesco (his father-in-law) and Gabriele Adorno and reveal to them Amelia/Maria's true parentage, crush a rebellion against him, restore himself as a favorite of the people, appoint Adorno as the next Doge, have his murderer Albiani executed, and witness Amelia and Adorno's marriage.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra Boccanegra]] is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
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* BadassBaritone: Subverted. Simon is a baritone, and while he is in no way a coward, and a very skilled politician, he is not particularly {{Badass}} at all. In fact, all of the characters in this opera are a bit adverse to physical conflict on stage.
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* BadassBaritone: Subverted. Simon is a baritone, and while he is in no way a coward, and a very skilled politician, he is not particularly {{Badass}} badass at all. In fact, all of the characters in this opera are a bit adverse to physical conflict on stage.
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The opera ''Simon Boccanegra'' is based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez, and set to music by Creator/GiuseppeVerdi.
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The opera ''Simon Boccanegra'' is based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez, and set to music by Creator/GiuseppeVerdi.
Music/GiuseppeVerdi.
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* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter and and set her up to marry the man she loves.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
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* BadassBaritone: Subverted. Simon is a baritone, and while he is in no way a coward, and a very skilled politician, he is not particularly {{Badass}} at all. In fact, all of the characters in this opera are a bit adverse to physical conflict on stage.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter, reconciled with his father-in-law and seen his daughterand and set her up to marry the man she loves.
*BasedOnATrueStory: EvilSoundsDeep: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, baritone and his reign was turbulent a flawed but ultimately quite sympathetic characters. Jacopo is a basso and fraught with attempts also flawed but sympathetic. Pietro is a basso and is genuinely decent (in the versions where he appears at all). Paolo, on his life.the other hand, is a baritone and a right wrong 'un.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter, reconciled with his father-in-law and seen his daughter
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* ValuesResonance: The historical Boccanegra recieved several letters from the poet Petrarch, urging him to stop the wars with neighboring city-states (primarily Genoa) and work towards Italian unity. Verdi, who was a pro-Unification pan-Italianist, found this very sympathetic.
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''Simon Boccanegra'' (Simon Blackmouth, or more figuratively Simon The Liar) is a historic drama about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} first Doge of the Venetian Republic]], the titular Simon.
The opera ''Simon Boccanegra'' is based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez, and set to music by Creator/GiuseppeVerdi.
One of Verdi's least famous operas, it breaks the Verdi mold in many ways, primarily by not having a particularly tragic ending.
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!!This work contains examples of the following tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter and and set her up to marry the man she loves.
* ValuesResonance: The historical Boccanegra recieved several letters from the poet Petrarch, urging him to stop the wars with neighboring city-states (primarily Genoa) and work towards Italian unity. Verdi, who was a pro-Unification pan-Italianist, found this very sympathetic.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
The opera ''Simon Boccanegra'' is based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez, and set to music by Creator/GiuseppeVerdi.
One of Verdi's least famous operas, it breaks the Verdi mold in many ways, primarily by not having a particularly tragic ending.
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!!This work contains examples of the following tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: Boccanegra is poisoned and dying, but has had a good run as Doge, his enemies (including the man who poisoned him) are dead or exiled, he has reunited with his estranged daughter and and set her up to marry the man she loves.
* ValuesResonance: The historical Boccanegra recieved several letters from the poet Petrarch, urging him to stop the wars with neighboring city-states (primarily Genoa) and work towards Italian unity. Verdi, who was a pro-Unification pan-Italianist, found this very sympathetic.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Simon Boccanegra is a historic figure, and his reign was turbulent and fraught with attempts on his life.
