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- Giuseppe Verdi
Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) (1859)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Peter Paul Fuchs for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by A. Somma after E. Scribe. English translation by Peter Paul Fuchs.
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
GUSTAV III, King of Sweden (RICCARDO): Tenor
COUNT JOHAN ANKERSTRÖM, his aide (RENATO): Baritone
AMELIA, his wife: Soprano
ULRICA, a fortune teller: Contralto
OSCAR, page: Soprano
CHRISTIAN, a sailor (SILVANO): Bass
COUNT WARTING (TOM), an enemy of the King: Bass
COUNT DE HORN (SAMUEL), an enemy of the King: Bass
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE, Tenor
A SERVANT OF AMELIA: Tenor
Officers, Noblemen, Sailors, Guards,
Men, Women and Children,
Conspirators, Servants, Masked Couples.
Synopsis:
King Riccardo is in love with Amelia, the wife of his friend Renato. Ulrica prophesies that Riccardo will be murdered by a friend. The prediction comes true when Renato, convinced that his wife is having an affair with the King, fatally stabs Riccardo at a masked ball. As he lies dying, Riccardo reveals that Amelia had never been unfaithful to Renato and forgives his enemies. Before its premiere, Un Ballo in Maschera was rejected by the censors in Naples as they considered the theme of regicide too controversial, in a country where Republican feeling was threatening to bring about a revolution.
GUSTAV III, King of Sweden (RICCARDO): Tenor
COUNT JOHAN ANKERSTRÖM, his aide (RENATO): Baritone
AMELIA, his wife: Soprano
ULRICA, a fortune teller: Contralto
OSCAR, page: Soprano
CHRISTIAN, a sailor (SILVANO): Bass
COUNT WARTING (TOM), an enemy of the King: Bass
COUNT DE HORN (SAMUEL), an enemy of the King: Bass
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE, Tenor
A SERVANT OF AMELIA: Tenor
Officers, Noblemen, Sailors, Guards,
Men, Women and Children,
Conspirators, Servants, Masked Couples.
Synopsis:
King Riccardo is in love with Amelia, the wife of his friend Renato. Ulrica prophesies that Riccardo will be murdered by a friend. The prediction comes true when Renato, convinced that his wife is having an affair with the King, fatally stabs Riccardo at a masked ball. As he lies dying, Riccardo reveals that Amelia had never been unfaithful to Renato and forgives his enemies. Before its premiere, Un Ballo in Maschera was rejected by the censors in Naples as they considered the theme of regicide too controversial, in a country where Republican feeling was threatening to bring about a revolution.