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    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    135'

    1975-07-27

    N/A

    5 for cast & conducting....0 for lighting.

    Music

    Overview:

    This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Piero Cappucili (Renato), Patricia Payne (? - the booklet or DVD fails to credit the singer) (Ulrica) and Claudio Abbado in the pit: all at their peak, you just simply cannot go wrong when purchasing this DVD. This performance made me realise why I had fallen in love with opera: beautiful (today one should be thankful) and convincing sets and costumes, and fiery conducting and singing from all the above soloists which leaves you breathless. Domingo as the King (not the Governor of Boston) is simply ravishing! He is so convincing and dashing as Gustavus - I think very few tenors nowadays can even attempt such a convincing vocal and dramatic performance.

    WritingEugène ScribeDirectingJohn Vernon

    Cast

    1

    Gustavo III

    Plácido Domingo

    1

    Amelia

    Katia Ricciarelli

    1

    Anckarstroem

    Piero Cappuccilli

    1

    Oscar

    Reri Grist

    1

    Ulrica

    Patricia Payne

    1

    Mlle. Arvidson

    Elizabeth Bainbridge

    1

    Silvano

    William Elwin

    1

    Samuel

    Gwynne Howell

    1

    Tom

    Paul Hudson

    1

    Un giudice

    Francis Egerton

    1

    Amelia's servant

    John Carr

    1

    Self - Conductor

    Claudio Abbado

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. Italian
    • List of companies:
      1. Kultur Video
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.4388
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

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