Name: Un ballo in maschera
Start: 2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Marcelo Álvarez

Richard

Otar Jorjikia

Baritone

George Petean

Renato

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Amelia

Hui He

Contralto

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Ulrica

Sen Guo

Oscar

Ilse Eerens

Bass

Yuriy Tsiple

Silvano

A judge

Gyula Rab

Ildo Song

Samuel

Dimitri Pkhaladze

Trystan Llŷr Griffiths

A servant of Amelia

Conductor

Fabio Luisi

Stage director

David Pountney

Set designer

Raimund Bauer

Costume designer

Marie-Jeanne Lecca

Lighting designer

Jürgen Hoffmann

Choreographer

Beate Vollack

Chorus master

Jürg Hämmerli

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich

Orchestra

Philharmonia Zürich

Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

Iodáilis

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

Zurich

Switzerland

Opernhaus

Public

A Masked Ball

Gearmáinis

Béarla

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Un ballo in maschera
After his successful triad of Rigoletto , Il trovatore and La traviataGiuseppe Verdi chose historical material for his next opera: the assassination of the Swedish king Gustav III. at a masked ball in 1792. The historical event becomes the tragic love story between Gustavo and Amelia, the wife of his best friend. It ends with the king being killed by Amelia's jealous husband, Renato Anckarstroem, just as he has renounced forbidden love. Not only the circumstances of the murder at the eponymous masked ball, but also characters such as the fortune teller Ulrica or the page Oscar make the opera a dazzling piece in which the tragic basic conflict is repeatedly overlaid with absurd comedy and operetta-like lightness.

The British director David Pountney, known for his black humor, staged Un ballo in maschera as a deadly game within a game: Gustavo seems to have confused world politics with a gigantic theatrical performance, whereby he increasingly loses control of the direction. At the revival, the globally successful tenor Marcelo Álvarez will play the Swedish monarch. The opera house debut of the American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky as Amelia is also eagerly awaited, while Marie-Nicole Lemieux makes her debut in Zurich as Ulrica. General Music Director Fabio Luisi conducts the Philharmonia.

English

Un ballo in maschera
After his successful triad of Rigoletto , Il trovatore and La traviatawählte Giuseppe Verdi für seine nächste Oper einen historischen Stoff: die Ermordung des schwedischen Königs Gustav III. bei einem Maskenball 1792. Aus dem historischen Geschehen wird die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen Gustavo und Amelia, der Ehefrau seines besten Freundes. Sie endet damit, dass der König in dem Augenblick, da er der verbotenen Liebe abgeschworen hat, von Amelias eifersüchtigem Ehemann Renato Anckarstroem getötet wird. Nicht nur die Umstände des Mordes auf dem titelgebenden Maskenball, auch Figuren wie die Wahrsagerin Ulrica oder der Page Oscar machen die Oper zu einem schillernden Stück, in dem der tragische Grundkonflikt immer wieder von absurder Komik und operettenhafter Leichtigkeit überlagert wird.

Der für seinen schwarzen Humor bekannte britische Regisseur David Pountney inszenierte Un ballo in maschera als tödliches Spiel im Spiel: Gustavo scheint die Weltpolitik mit einer gigantischen Theateraufführung verwechselt zu haben, wobei ihm zunehmend die Regie entgleitet. Bei der Wiederaufnahme gibt der weltweit erfolgreiche Tenor Marcelo Álvarez den schwedischen Monarchen. Mit Spannung erwartet wird ausserdem das Opernhausdebüt der amerikanischen Sopranistin Sondra Radvanovsky als Amelia, während Marie-Nicole Lemieux in Zürich erstmals als Ulrica zu erleben ist. Generalmusikdirektor Fabio Luisi steht am Pult der Philharmonia.

Deutsch

A Masked Ball by Verdi, Sat 17 Méit 2017, Ó (2017/2017), Faoi stiúir David Pountney,, Seoltóir Fabio Luisi, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid