Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Movie 1990-06-01 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.

Status
Released
Studio
Salzburg Festival Opera
Country
Austria
Language
Italian
Directors
Brian Large John Schlesinger
Cast
Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo Gustavo III Josephine Barstow Josephine Barstow Amelia Leo Nucci Leo Nucci Count Anckarström Florence Quivar Florence Quivar Madame Arvidson Sumi Jo Sumi Jo Oscar Kurt Rydl Kurt Rydl Ribbing Georg Solti Georg Solti Conductor
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