Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

2011 2h 16m IT

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Synopsis

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In Boston, at the governor’s palace. The courtiers, divided into friends and foes—including Tom and Samuel—await the arrival of the governor, Count Riccardo di Warwick. He makes his entrance, and his page, Oscar, hands him the guest list for the masked ball scheduled for the following day. Among the guests is Amelia, whom he secretly loves, but who is the wife of his adviser and friend Renato. Renato arrives and believes he has guessed the cause of his master’s visible distress: a plot being hatched against his life. But Riccardo wishes to ignore this plot and its instigators; in vain does Renato implore him not to take the matter lightly... ‘Un ballo in maschera’ is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Antonio Somma based on a story by Eugène Scribe. It premiered on 17 February 1859 at the Teatro Apollo in Rome. From the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio di Parma on 1, 5, 9, 13, 20 and 23 October 2011.

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Cast

Francesco Meli
Riccardo, Earl of Warwick and governor of Boston
Vladimir Stoyanov
Renato
Kristen Lewis
Amelia
Serena Gamberoni
Oscar
Elisabetta Fiorillo
Ulrica
Gianluigi Gelmetti
Conductor
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma
Orchestra
Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus

Credits

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Director: Pier Luigi Samaritani
Writers: Eugène Scribe, Antonio Somma
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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Released 15 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Tutto Verdi (2018)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Giuseppe Verdi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Francesco Meli and Vladimir Stoyanov and Kristen Lewis carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt11132472 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Pier Luigi Samaritani directs. Giuseppe Verdi scores. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 15 years ago.
2Part of the "Tutto Verdi (2018)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Giuseppe Verdi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Francesco Meli and Vladimir Stoyanov and Kristen Lewis carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt11132472 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Giuseppe Verdi
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Status: Released
Original language: IT
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (2011)

Part of

Tutto Verdi (2018)

In 2013, to mark the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, the Teatro Regio di Parma and Unitel Classica joined forces to bring a truly unique project to fruition. The composer’s 26 operas, as well as the [i]Requiem Mass[/i], which is closely linked to these operas, are all included. Most of them will be performed and recorded in audio-video in Parma and the surrounding area. A unique box set of 27 Blu-rays. For the very first time, and to mark this anniversary, the complete works of Verdi’s operas in high definition and surround sound, released on Blu-ray by C Major Entertainment.