(Un ballo in maschera) Opera in three acts by Verdi, with libretto by i ANTONIO SOMMA , after Gustave III by EUGÈNE
SCRIBE. DAVID ALDEN'S neW production for ENO, live from the London
Coliseum, sung in a new English translation by EDMUND TRACEY.
ENGLISH NATIONAL
OPERA CHORUS chorusmaster
MARTIN HANDLEY
ENGLISH NATIONAL
OPERA ORCHESTRA led by CLIVE LANDER conducted by MARK ELDER Act 1
8.15 David Alden and Mark Elder discuss the new production with Antony Peattie.
8.35 Act 2
9.15 The Player King
Roger Savage examines the theatrical obsessions of Gustavus HI. (R)
9.30 Act 3
(In association with British Steel pic)
* See David Gillard , left