# Simon Boccanegra opens at La Fenice on 12 March 1857 as a political doge drama

Date: 1857

## The fact

La Fenice and Britannica date Simon Boccanegra’s 12 March 1857 premiere. Piave and the house share the night. The 1881 Boito revision is a later instrument.

It is one event.

## Context

Stiffelio/Aroldo neighbourhood sits nearby.

[Giuseppe Verdi](/people/giuseppe-verdi)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Venetian house under Austrian rule staging Genoese political memory.

Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers are the surviving public file.

## Evidence and sources

Teatro La Fenice and Britannica independently date the 1857 Boccanegra premiere.

Official or archival record: Teatro La Fenice — Rigoletto and Traviata heritage (https://www.teatrolafenice.it/en/; Fondazione Teatro La Fenice).

## Significance

A staged republic-and-doge plot is a [democratic-resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience) speech path in theatre form.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 12 March 1857 premiere. Not established: that 1881 revision is this act.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Giuseppe Verdi.

They are not a public rating.

The driver `democratic-resilience` is attached because the mechanism named in Significance follows from this instrument, not because a standing list of welfare headings needed another tick. Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A portrait or conventional bust is not this mechanism. Allegation, reconstruction, and established occurrence stay distinct. Keep 1881 Boito revision distinct. Keep the carrier date of later English distinct from the received historical year stored in the date field. Do not read a later English edition as a recovered autograph of Giuseppe Verdi.
The driver `democratic-resilience` is attached because the mechanism named in Significance follows from this instrument, not because a standing list of welfare headings needed another tick. Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A portrait or conventional bust is not this mechanism. Allegation, reconstruction, and established occurrence stay distinct. Keep 1881 Boito revision distinct. Keep the carrier date of later English distinct from the received historical year stored in the date field. Do not read a later English edition as a recovered autograph of Giuseppe Verdi.

## People

- Giuseppe Verdi: https://factrail.ai/people/giuseppe-verdi

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giuseppe-Verdi
- https://www.teatrolafenice.it/en/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-boccanegra-1857