Name: Un ballo in maschera
Start: 2022-07-02
End: 2022-07-02
Location: Hungarian State Opera House

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Boldizsár László

Richard

Adorján Pataki

Soprano

Eszter Sümegi

Amelia

Szilvia Rálik

Baritone

Anatoly Fokanov

Renato

Michele Kalmandy

Contralto

Bernadett Fodor

Ulrica

Andrea Ulbrich

Zita Szemere

Oscar

Stage director

Fabio Ceresa

Lighting designer

Ferenc Stadler

Costume designer

Giuseppe Palella

Set designer

Tiziano Santi

Conductor

Leonardo Sini

Choreographer

Mattia Agatiello

Translator

Arthur Roger Crane

Chorus master

Gábor Csiki

Dramaturge

Eszter Orbán

Lőrinc Kósa

A judge

A servant of Amelia

Bass

Attila Erdös

Silvano

Máté Fülep

András Kiss

Samuel

István Kovács

Krisztián Cser

Géza Gábor

Hungarian State Opera

Italian

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

Budapest

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

Un ballo in maschera Verdi

Public

A Masked Ball

Hungarian

English

Approved

AlkotókEugène Scribe műve alapján a szövegkönyvet írta Antonio Somma Rendező: Fabio Ceresa Díszlettervező: Tiziano Santi Jelmeztervező: Giuseppe Palella Mozg...

The subject of this work sparked Verdi's fiercest battle with the censor of Naples and, later on, of Rome. The original libretto treated an actual historical event: the 1792 regicide of a Swedish king. However, this proved too delicate a matter given the political situation of the day, and so in order to curry favour with the censor, the king was converted into an earl and the plot transplanted from Europe to the English North American colonies. After a few more minor alterations, the Roman censor allowed the staging of the work, which when the layer of political assassination is peeled away the plot, reveals a love story. Apart from the political discontent, the real stakes are over a marriage in need of saving. Lurking in the story's background are visceral emotions of unrequited love and blind jealousy that move the plot along.
Un ballo in maschera is presented as part of the Opera's repertoire – in accordance with the composer's original intention – as the story of the Swedish king Gustavo III in a production created by the young Italian director and competition-winner Fabio Ceresa.

A Masked Ball by Verdi, Sat 02 Jul 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Fabio Ceresa,, Conductor Leonardo Sini, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

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