Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

06/01/1990

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2hrs 25min

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STORY

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué. The plot concerns the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden who was shot, as the result of a political conspiracy, while attending a masked ball, dying of his wounds thirteen days later.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Plácido Domingo
  • Josephine Barstow
  • Leo Nucci
  • Florence Quivar
  • Sumi Jo

    Directors

  • Brian Large
  • John Schlesinger

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Salzburg Festival Opera

    Production Countries

  • Austria

LANGUAGES

  • Italian