Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (1990)

Directed by Brian Large, John Schlesinger

· 2h 25m

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.

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Cast

Plácido Domingo Gustavo III Josephine Barstow Amelia Leo Nucci Count Anckarström Florence Quivar Madame Arvidson Sumi Jo Oscar Kurt Rydl Ribbing Georg Solti Conductor

Crew

Director
Brian Large, John Schlesinger
Writer
Antonio Somma

Details

Release date
1990-06-01
Runtime
2h 25m
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Austria
Production
Salzburg Festival Opera