Name: Un ballo in maschera
Start: 2022-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

Organization

Stage director

Johannes Erath

Set designer

Heike Scheele

Costume designer

Gesine Völlm

Lighting designer

Joachim Klein

Conductor

Ivan Repušić

Video designer

Lea Heutelbeck

Dramaturge

Malte Krasting

Chorus master

Stellario Fagone

Singer

Tenor

Charles Castronovo

Richard

Baritone

George Petean

Renato

Contralto

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Ulrica

Soprano

Mirjam Mesak

Oscar

Bass

Andrew Hamilton

Silvano

Bálint Szabó

Samuel

Alexander Köpeczi

Granit Musliu

A servant of Amelia

Jonas Hacker

A judge

Liudmyla Monastyrska

Amelia

Bayerische Staatsoper

Orchestra

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Others

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Italian

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

Munich

Germany

Nationaltheater

Un ballo in maschera Verdi

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A Masked Ball

German

English

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Cellist

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Countertenor

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Mezzo-soprano

Alto

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Continuo

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A ruler, his friend and his wife. A triangular story, as it is in the book: the soprano between tenor and baritone. But in Verdi's Ballo in maschera all the protagonists have two faces. Riccardo, the governor, is hailed as a just sovereign, but he shies away from his responsibilities and, out of weariness, retreats into distracting distractions - the ultimate appeal for a man like him can only be risking his own life. 

Renato loves Riccardo, his friend, almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, not only wants to kill her feelings for Riccardo, but possibly even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the underlying power that evokes an irresistible pull of death in people - until the dance on the volcano culminates in a deadly masked ball. Composed for Naples in 1858, the opera could not be shown there for censorship reasons; after a thorough revision, it was premiered in Rome and remains one of Verdi's most-performed, but also one of his most enigmatic works.

Ein Machthaber, sein Freund und dessen Frau. Eine Dreiecksgeschichte, wie sie im Buche steht: der Sopran zwischen Tenor und Bariton. Aber in Verdis Ballo in maschera haben alle Protagonisten zwei Gesichter. Riccardo, der Gouverneur, wird als gerechter Souverän gefeiert, doch flieht er vor seiner Verantwortung und flüchtet sich aus Überdruss in ablenkende Zerstreuung - der ultimative Reiz für einen Menschen wie ihn kann nur noch sein, das eigene Leben aufs Spiel zu setzen. 

Renato liebt Riccardo, seinen Freund, fast mehr als seine Frau; und sie, Amelia, will nicht nur ihre Gefühle für Riccardo abtöten, sondern womöglich sogar mehr. Ulrica, die Wahrsagerin, ist dabei die untergründige Macht, die in den Menschen einen unwiderstehlichen Todessog evoziert - bis der Tanz auf dem Vulkan in einem tödlichen Maskenball kulminiert. 1858 für Neapel komponiert, durfte die Oper aus Zensurgründen dort nicht gezeigt werden; nach einer durchgreifenden Überarbeitung wurde sie dann in Rom uraufgeführt und bleibt bis heute eines der meistgespielten, aber auch rätselhaftesten Werke Verdis.

Deutsch

A Masked Ball by Verdi, From (2022/2022), Directed by Johannes Erath,, Conductor Ivan Repušić, Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany

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