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GIUSEPPE VERDI
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Friday, 22 February 2019, Hour 18:30
Main Hall

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Conductor: Adrian Morar
Adaptation artistic direction: Radu Lucaciu
Adaptation scenography: Valentin Codoiu

Riccardo, Count of Warwick, Boston's Governor: Marius Vlad Budoiu
Renato, his secretary: Geani Brad
Amelia, his wife: Carmen Gurban
Ulrica, fortune teller: Andrada Ioana Roșu-Vaida
Oscar, the Count's page: Diana Țugui
Silvano, a sailor: George Godja
Samuel, opposer of the Count:Sebastian Balaj (debut)
Tom, opposer of the Count: Petru Burcă
the Judge: Florin Pop
Amelia's servant: Andrei Sofron

The Chorus and the Orchestra of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca

Chorus master: Emil Maxim
Chorus conductor: Corneliu Felecan
Stage and backstage direction: Dan Lupea

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show category: opera

Opera in three acts (libretto by Antonio Somma, based on Eugéne Scribe’s Gustav the Third)

Recommended Age: 7+

Un ballo in maschera found itself for the first time in the spotlight on Apollo’s Theatre stage in Rome, becoming famous not just as an operatic masterpiece, but also due to its controversial libretto, based on the tragic story of King Gustav the Third of Sweden, that also brought the work under the censorship effects for a long period of time.

The historical setting is centered upon Riccardo – Count of Warwick, his truthful friend Renato and his wife, Amelia – caught in between the two men’s love. The medieval story fascinates by its passion and intrigues, the sanctity of friendship and honour, the pain as a consequence of hidden love-triangles, and betrayal that, with-or-without masque, will always require huge costs in exchange. This verdian production of The Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca keeps its classic essence, the characters, decor and stage directions’ original nature, looking forward to a natural rendering of the whole action, but also of the intense feelings of its heroes.

We are expecting You to discover what lays beyond the elegant masks in a legendary opera!

The performance has two breaks and end around 9.30 p.m.

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