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Verdi - Un ballo in maschera (DVD) | Opus Arte OA1236D

Verdi - Un ballo in maschera (DVD)

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OA1236D

Barcode: 0809478012368

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 28th April 2017

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Artists

Placido Domingo
Katia Ricciarelli
Piero Cappuccilli
Reri Grist
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Gwynne Howell
Paul Hudson
William Elvin
John Carr
Francis Egerton
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Claudio Abbado

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

Un ballo in maschera

Artists

Placido Domingo
Katia Ricciarelli
Piero Cappuccilli
Reri Grist
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Gwynne Howell
Paul Hudson
William Elvin
John Carr
Francis Egerton
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Claudio Abbado

About

Illicit love, suspicion, deception and supernatural portents of doom lead to a shocking drama at a masked ball in 1790s Sweden. The incomparable Plácido Domingo stars as the dashing King Gustavus III, whose reforms have inspired talk of assassination among the conservative nobility. Katia Ricciarelli is Gustavus’s beloved Amelia, married to his closest friend, Anckarström, sung by Piero Cappuccilli. Claudio Abbado conducts the distinguished cast, supported by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, in Otto Schenk’s classic production of this Verdi favourite for The Royal Opera. This recording, with burnt-in English subtitles, is preserved in its original Standard Definition and 4:3 picture format.

Cast:
- Gustavus III (Gustavo): Plácido Domingo
- Amelia: Katia Ricciarelli
- Anckarström (Renato): Piero Cappuccilli
- Oscar: Reri Grist
- Madame Arvidson (Ulrica): Elizabeth Bainbridge
- Count Ribbing (Samuel): Gwynne Howell
- Count Horn (Tom): Paul Hudson
- Christian (Silvano): William Elvin
- Amelia’s Servant: John Carr
- Arnfelt, Minister of Justice: Francis Egerton

Running time: 138 minutes
Sound format: PCM stereo

Reviews

Later that year Domingo would sing his first Otello. Here he is enjoying himself as a devil-may-care ruler with a twinkle in both eye and voice; one of Verdi’s most irritating heroes suddenly becomes charming, charismatic – almost irresistible: to adapt Dick Emery, he is awful, but we like him. ... If the production as a whole is broad-brush, Claudio Abbado is laser-focused with the Royal Opera Orchestra, making a strong argument for Verdi’s score as one of his most psychologically astute and dramatically nuanced.  Neil Fisher
Gramophone July 2017

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