Organization

Singer

Soprano

Christina Clark

Oscar

Tenor

René Aguilar

A judge

Stage director

Dietrich Hilsdorf

Costume designer

Johannes Leiacker

Set designer

Conductor

Elias Grandy

Chorus master

Klaas-Jan de Groot

Dramaturge

Norbert Grote

Carlos Cardoso

Richard

Baritone

Jānis Apeinis

Renato

Contralto

Helena Zubanovich

Ulrica

Bass

Oleh Lebedyev

Silvano

Andrei Nicoara

Samuel

Baurzhan Anderzhanov

San Yun Lee

A servant of Amelia

Valentina Boi

Amelia

Cathrin Lange

Aalto-Musiktheater Essen

Orchestra

Essener Philharmoniker

Italian

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

Essen

Germany

Aalto Theatre

Un ballo in maschera Verdi

Public

A Masked Ball

German

Approved

The opera is based on a true story: the murder of King Gustav III of Sweden. in rococo times. Italian censorship in the 19th century did not condone the depiction of such an assassination on stage and greatly distorted the drama. Reason enough for director Dietrich W. Hilsdorf to tell it in a completely new way: From Gustav III. In his production, Riccardo, King of Naples, becomes one of the last courtly fantasists who stages himself and his subjects like a total work of art – the absolute ruler as the self-absorbed creator of his own world.

English

Die Oper basiert auf einer wahren Geschichte: dem Mord am Schwedenkönig Gustav III. zu Rokokozeiten. Die italienische Zensur im 19. Jahrhundert duldete die Darstellung eines solchen Attentats auf der Bühne nicht und entstellte das Drama in hohem Maße. Anlass genug für Regisseur Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, es völlig neu zu erzählen: Aus Gustav III. wird in dessen Inszenierung Riccardo, König von Neapel, einer der letzten höfischen Fantasten, der sich und seine Untertanen wie ein Gesamtkunstwerk inszeniert – der absolute Herrscher als selbstverliebter Schöpfer seiner eigenen Welt.

Deutsch

A Masked Ball by Verdi, From (2022/2022), Directed by Dietrich Hilsdorf,, Conductor Elias Grandy, Aalto Theatre, Essen, Germany

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