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08/12/2012

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

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Live from the Metropolitan Opera House, Fabio Luisi conducts Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera.

Live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Fabio Luisi conducts Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera, starring Marcello Alvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

Live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera", a drama loosely based on the real events leading to the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden. Verdi masterfully develops this story at various levels: with the backdrop of a political conspiracy, he tells of the personal tragedy of a king and his forbidden love of his best friend's wife. This new production by David Alden features the Met's Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi at the helm of a starry cast lead by Marcelo Alvarez as King Gustav, Sondra Radvanovsky as Amelia Anckarstrom, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as her husband, the King's friend and advisor Count Anckarstrom.

Amelia Anckarstrom ..... Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)
Oscar ..... Kathleen Kim (soprano)
Madame Ulrica Arvidsson ..... Dolora Zajick (contralto)
King Gustavo III ..... Marcelo Alvarez (tenor)
Count Anckarstrom ..... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Christiano ..... Trevor Scheunemann (bass)
Count Ribbing ..... Keith Miller (bass)
Count Horn ..... David Crawford (bass)
The Chief Justice ..... Mark Schowalter (tenor)
Amelia's Servant ..... Scott Scully (tenor)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera New York
Fabio Luisi, conductor.

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