Name: Un ballo in maschera
Start: 2001-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2001-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro alla Scala

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Salvatore Licitra

Richard

Baritone

Bruno Caproni

Renato

Soprano

Maria Guleghina

Amelia

Oriana Kurteshi

Oscar

Conductor

Riccardo Muti

Philippe Auguin

Stage director

Liliana Cavani

Set designer

Dante Ferretti

Costume designer

Gabriella Pescucci

Choreographer

Micha van Hoecke

Chorus master

Roberto Gabbiani

Contralto

Mariana Pentcheva

Ulrica

Bass

Piero Terranova

Silvano

Giovanni Battista Parodi

Samuel

Giancarlo Boldrini

Ernesto Gavazzi

A judge

Ernesto Panariello

A servant of Amelia

Teatro alla Scala

Others

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Orchestra

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

Milan

Italy

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.[1]

Transported by the baton of Riccardo Muti and the best singers, a memorable Masked Ball at the Scala in Milan.

Conducted by Riccardo Muti, the master of the Scala in Milan for twenty years (1986 to 2005), the Verdian melodrama unfolds before our eyes directed by Liliana Cavani. This production, recorded live in 2001, is ageless, Cavani's approach being that of timeless tradition: pasteboard and period costumes triumph as if to prove that nothing changes at the Scala.

In any case, musical excellence is pre-eminent as usual: to start with, the role of Riccardo is played by the wonderful Salvatore Licitra who began his career as a tenor precisely with A Masked Ball, in Parma, in 1998. As for Maria Guleghina, she plays an exceptionally good Amelia. The orchestra and chorus of the Scala, as well as all of the soloists, are transported by Riccardo Muti's passionate and contrasted conducting, proving once again what a wonderful Verdian he is.

Libretto by Antonio Somma taken from Gustave III ou Le bal masqué by Eugenio Scribe

Public

A Masked Ball

Approved

Program

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