Organization

Conductor

Ivo Lipanović

Stage director

Goran Golovko

Set designer

Marin Gozze

Costume designer

Mladen Radovniković

Chorus master

Veton Marevci

Lighting designer

Srđan Barbarić

Video designer

Darko Škrobonja

Tenor

Max Jota

Richard

Baritone

Matija Meić

Renato

Marko Lasić

Soprano

Daniela Schillaci

Amelia

Julia Radosz

Contralto

Terezija Kusanović

Ulrica

Branka Pleština Stanić

Oscar

Neda Aleksić

Bass

Joško Tranfić

Silvano

Vlatko Belas

Mate Akrap

Samuel

Felipe Cudina Begovic

Božo Župić

Špiro Boban

A judge

Goran Velić

A servant of Amelia

Associate Director

Jelena Bosančić

Ana Šabašov

HNK Split

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HNK Split Orchestra

Others

HNK Split Choir

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

Split

Croatia

Un ballo in maschera Verdi

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A Masked Ball

Approved

Ballo in maschera

If Verdi's Crab Dance was just a "love story with a political conspiracy in the background", it would certainly provide her with initial intrigue, but certainly not the popularity that only the musical-scenic splendor characteristic of his entire oeuvre could give her. elegance, airiness and sophistication of the whole score. In addition, the eternal emphasis on the fact that people like to be disguised, that is, to skillfully hide behind various masks, at the libretto level enabled Verdi to skillfully vary and grade the theme of the issue as a background but dominant line that guides the whole action. Because, like on the occasion of the Crab Dancealready noticed, ”in this opera there is no person who would not carry the betrayal on his back. The king betrays a friend because he seduces his wife, the wife betrays her husband because he has an immoral relationship, the friend betrays the king because he wants to kill him out of revenge ", but on top of all that Verdi, as always, seeks and finds ways to betray the love theme , that is, the conspiratorial theme, as two leitmotifs of the whole opera connects and implements as a work which, despite constant and numerous contrasts, has its characteristic color ( tinta musicale ) which exudes equally other Verdi's most successful operas.

English

Da je Verdijev Krabuljni ples samo “ljubavna priča s političkom urotom u pozadini“, to bi joj svakako osiguralo početnu intrigantnost, ali svakako ne i popularnost kakvu joj je mogla dati samo glazbeno-scenska raskoš karakteristična za cijeli njegov opus kojega ovdje krase još i nedostižna elegancija, prozračnost i istančanost cjelokupne partiture. K tome, vječno isticanje činjenice da su ljudi rado zakrabuljeni, odnosno da se vješto skrivaju iza raličitih maski, na razini libreta omogućila je Verdiju da vješto varira i gradira temu izdaje kao pozadinsku ali dominantnu liniju koja vodi cijelu radnju. Jer, kao što je povodom Krabuljnog plesa već zapažano, ”u ovoj operi nema osobe koja ne bi izdaju nosila na svojim leđima. Kralj izdaje prijatelja jer zavede njegovu ženu, žena izdaje muža, jer se upustio u  nemoralnu vezu, prijatelj izdaje kralja, jer ga iz osvete želi ubiti”, no, povrh svega toga Verdi kao i uvijek traži i pronalazi načina da ljubavnu temu i temu izdaje, odnosno zavjereničku temu, kao dva leitmotiva cijele opere poveže i provede kao djelo koje unatoč stalnim i brojnim kontrastima ima svoju karakterističnu boju (tinta musicale) kojom jednako odišu i druge Verdijeve najuspjelije opere.

hrvatski

A Masked Ball by Verdi, Fri 25 Feb 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Goran Golovko,, Conductor Ivo Lipanović, HNK, Split, Croatia

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