A performance In Italian by the Glyndeboume Opera of « UN BALLO
IN MASCHERA'
(' A Masked Ball') Opera in three acts by Verdi
Libretto by Somma (after Scribe)
(Continued in next column)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
Conducted by Hans Oppenheim
Artistic director and producer
Carl Ebert
From the King's Theatre. Edinburgh Scene: A seventeenth-century Court
7.0 Act 1
Scene 1: A reception room in the Palace
Scene 2: A corner of the harbour
7.50 Interval
8.5 Act 2
Scene 1: The Gallows Hill. Midnight Scene 2: A room in Renato's house
9.10 Interval
9.25 Act 3
Scene 1: The Prince's study Scene 2: The ballroom
Introductions to the scenes have been recorded by Philip Hope-Wallace