The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera

12/08/2012

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2hrs 41min

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Music

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera, 8 December 2012.

STORY

David Alden’s elegant 2012 production moves Verdi’s thrilling drama to a timeless setting inspired by film noir. Marcelo Álvarez is Gustavo III, the Swedish king in love with Amelia (Sondra Radvanovsky), the wife of his best friend and counselor, Count Anckarström (Dmitri Hvorostovsky). When Anckarström joins a conspiracy to murder the king, tragedy ensues. Stephanie Blythe is the fortuneteller Madame Ulrica Arvidsson and Kathleen Kim sings the page Oscar. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Marcelo Álvarez
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Sondra Radvanovsky
  • Kathleen Kim
  • Stephanie Blythe

    Directors

  • David Alden
  • Matthew Diamond

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • The Metropolitan Opera

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Italian