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Chelsea Opera Group present Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera
A concert performance in Italian with English surtitles
Add to my Calendar 22-10-2023 18:30 22-10-2023 20:30 36 Chelsea Opera Group present Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera Of all the operas Verdi wrote between La traviata (1853) and Aida (1871) none has enjoyed greater or more lasting success than Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) (1853). The opera is set in 18th-century Stockholm and has at its centre the charismatic Gustavo III, King of Sweden, who is tormented by his impossible love for Amelia, the wife of his friend Count Anckarström. His carefree life is further threatened by a fortune-teller who predicts his doom and conspirators who want him dead. Verdi captures all the opera’s conflicting moods and in music which is by turns brilliant, sombre and passionate, placing at the heart of the drama the finest love duet he ever wrote. 5.15pm: pre-concert talk (free to ticket holders) Duration: 3 hours (incl. interval) Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Giuseppe Verdi – Un Ballo in Maschera
Performers
Anthony Negus – Conductor
Marius Vlad – tenor
Nadine Benjamin – soprano
Phillip Rhodes – baritone
Alison Langer – soprano
Maria Schellenberg – contralto
Magnus Walker – tenor
Arthur Bruce – Bass
John Vallance – tenor
Thomas D Hopkinson – Bass
Jack Holton – Bass
Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus
Programme Note
Of all the operas Verdi wrote between La traviata (1853) and Aida (1871) none has enjoyed greater or more lasting success than Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) (1853).
The opera is set in 18th-century Stockholm and has at its centre the charismatic Gustavo III, King of Sweden, who is tormented by his impossible love for Amelia, the wife of his friend Count Anckarström. His carefree life is further threatened by a fortune-teller who predicts his doom and conspirators who want him dead.
Verdi captures all the opera’s conflicting moods and in music which is by turns brilliant, sombre and passionate, placing at the heart of the drama the finest love duet he ever wrote.
5.15pm: pre-concert talk (free to ticket holders)
Duration: 3 hours (incl. interval)
