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UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

In the organizer's words:

A ruler, his friend and his friend's wife. A love triangle as it is written in the book: the soprano between tenor and baritone. But in Verdi's Ballo in maschera, all the protagonists have two faces. Riccardo, the governor, is celebrated as a just sovereign, but he flees from his responsibilities and takes refuge in distracting diversions out of weariness - the ultimate attraction for a man like him can only be to put his own life at risk.

Renato loves Riccardo, his friend, almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, not only wants to kill off her feelings for Riccardo, but possibly even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the subterranean power that evokes an irresistible pull of death in people - until the dance on the volcano culminates in a deadly masked ball. Composed for Naples in 1858, the opera was not allowed to be performed there for censorship reasons; after a thorough revision, it was then premiered in Rome and remains one of Verdi's most performed, but also most enigmatic works to this day.

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Prices vary depending on the seat category. Prices L , € 163 /142 /117 /91 /64 /39 /15 /11

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