Schedule

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Cast
Riccardo | Piero Pretti (4, 8, 11) / Vincenzo Costanzo (5, 10)
Renato | Ludovic Tézier (4, 8, 11) / Ernesto Petti (5, 10)
Amelia | Anna Netrebko (4, 8, 11) / Valeria Sepe (5, 10)
Ulrica, a fortune-teller | Elizabeth DeShong♭
Oscar, a page | Cassandre Berthon♭

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Verdi's opera was inspired by a true historical event: the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden at a costume ball in 1792. But before setting this event to music, Verdi had to contend with the censors, scandalised by the idea of representing a regicide on stage.His Masked Ball is therefore set in America and focuses on the impossible love between Riccardo, the governor of Boston, and Amelia, the wife of his best friend, who takes his revenge by killing him.

Riccardo: Matthew Polenzani
Renato: Igor Golovatenko/Ludovic Tézier/Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar
Amelia: Anna Netrebko/Angela Meade
Ulrica: Elizabeth DeShong
Oscar: Sara Blanch

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