Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué. The plot concerns the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden who was shot, as the result of a political conspiracy, while attending a masked ball, dying of his wounds thirteen days later.

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145 min

Cast

Plácido Domingo

as Gustavo III

Josephine Barstow

as Amelia

Leo Nucci

as Count Anckarström

Florence Quivar

as Madame Arvidson

Sumi Jo

as Oscar

Kurt Rydl

as Ribbing

Georg Solti

as Conductor

Director

Brian Large

John Schlesinger