Organization

Verbier Festival

Direzione d'orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda

Cantante

Tenore

Freddie De Tommaso

Riccardo

Baritono

Ludovic Tézier

Renato

Soprano

Angela Meade

Amelia

Contralto

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Ulrica

Ying Fang

Oscar

Daniela Barcellona

Basso

Milan Siljanov

Silvano

Dennis Chmelensky

Michał Prószyński

Un Servo d'Amelia

Regia

David Sakvarelidze

Orchestra

Oberwalliser Vokalensemble

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Un ballo in maschera

Bagnes

Svizzera

Salle des Combins

Maestro Gianandrea Noseda and stage director David Sakvarelidze bring a magnificent semi-staged concert version of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera to the 2022 Verbier Festival! The festivities come to life with the talents of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Oberwalliser Vokalensemble choir and a host of impeccable vocalists including Freddie De Tommaso, Angela Meade, Ludovic Tézier, and Ying Fang!

Un ballo in maschera, based on an opera by Auber and inspired by the events surrounding the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden, is a rich and sumptuous work that depicts human passion and emotion with elegance and a touch of humor. Censored by the Bourbons in Naples and then by the pope in Rome, the final version of the libretto is the tale of a colonial governor in 17th-century Boston who falls in love with the wife of a friend. In this opus, a barbed blend of tragedy and comedy, love and politics, Verdi expands his stylistic and emotive palette with a greater variety of orchestral colors, a masterful use of winds, and fuller detail in the psychological expression of his characters.

Credits

Photo : Gianandrea Noseda © Pasqualetti

Ludovic Tézier appears courtesy of Sony Classical.

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