Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 2008)

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Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 2008)
Teatro Real / Marcelo Alvarez, Violeta Urmana, Marco Vratogna, ElenaZaremba / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond)

[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 August 2011

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Passion, loyalty and political conspiracy are the three pillars of Un ballo in maschera (1859), the 'most operatic of all operas'. Set in XIX century Boston, Mario Martone's atmospheric production for the Teatro Real in Madrid brings out all the innate theatricality and drama of Verdi's work. World famous Argentinean tenor Marcelo Álvarez in the role of Riccardo leads a fabulous cast including Lithuanian soprano Violeta Urmana as his love Amelia and Elena Zaremba playing the witch Ulrica. Jesús López Cobos conducts the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance that shows the lyricism and grandeur of this beautiful work, which marries grand opera and opera comique features with Verdi's classical Italian opera tradition.

Extra features:
Illustrated synopsis.
Cast gallery.

Running time 144 mins

Region code All regions

Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4

Disc size: BD50

Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9 Sound format 5.1 PCM

Menu language EN

Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

"[Renato] is given a careful, possibly subtle reading by Marco Vratogna...You won't be short-changed by this DVD"
(BBC Music)

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