Name: Un ballo in maschera
Start: 1980-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1980-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

Giuseppe Patanè

Singer

Soprano

Katia Ricciarelli

Amelia

Judith Blegen

Oscar

Tenor

Luciano Pavarotti

Richard

Baritone

Louis Quilico

Renato

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

Un ballo in maschera -  (A Masked Ball)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Director Elijah Moshinsky’s production sets Verdi’s poignant opera in colonial Boston, where Riccardo (Luciano Pavarotti) is the British governor, in love with his best friend’s wife. “Perhaps the most complete role for a tenor…a severe test, both vocally and dramatically,” is how Pavarotti described his role. Of course, he’s brilliant—with his distinctive plangent and ringing voice going straight to the heart of the role and to the hearts of the audience. A gorgeous Katia Ricciarelli is the woman he loves and Louis Quilico is her unforgiving husband.

Production booklet

Further reading