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Giuseppe Verdi, Un ballo in maschera

I - Prelude

I, 1 - Introduction Chorus : "Posa in pace"

I, 1 - Scene and aria di sortita : "S'avanza il Conte!"

I, 1 - Scene and cantabile : "Il cenno mio di là con essi attendi"

I, 1 - Scene : "Il primo Giudice."

I, 1 - Cavatina : "Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle"

I, 2 - Stretta of Introduction : "Sia condannata."

I, 2 - Invocation : "Zitti... L'incanto non dèssi turbare"

I, 2 - Scene : "Arrivo il primo!"

I, 2 - Scene : "Su, fatemi largo, saper vo’ il mio fato"

I, 2 - Scene and Trio : "Che v'agita così?"

I, 2 - Scene and Canzone : "Su, profetessa, monta il treppiè"

I, 2 - Scene : "Chi voi siate, l'audace parola può nel pianto prorompere"

I, 2 - Quintet : "È scherzo od è follia siffatta profezia"

I, 2 - Scene (Finale I) : "Finisci il vaticinio"

I, 2 - Hymn of Praise (Finale I) : "O figlio d'Inghilterra"

II - Prelude

II, 1 - Scene : "Ecco l'orrido campo"

II, 1 - Aria : "Ma dall'arido stelo"

II, 1 - Duet : "Teco io sto"

II, 1 - Scene : "Ahimè! S'appressa alcun!"

II, 1 - Trio : "Odi tu come fremono cupi per quest'aura gli accenti di morte?"

II, 1 - Scene and Chorus (Finale II) : "Seguitemi - Mio Dio!"

II, 1 - Quartet (Finale II) : "Ve’, se di notte qui colla sposa"

III, 1 - Scene : "A tal colpa è nulla il pianto"

III, 1 - Aria : "Morrò, ma prima in grazia"

III, 1 - Scene : "Alzati! là tuo figlio a te concedo riveder"

III, 1 - Aria : "Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima"

III, 1 - Conspiracy : "Siam soli - Udite!"

III, 1 - Trio and Quartet : "Dunque l'onta di tutti sol una"

III, 1 - Scene : "Alle danze questa sera"

III, 1 - Quintet : "Ah! di che fulgor, che musiche"

III, 2 - Scene : "Forse la soglia attinse"

III, 2 - Romance : "Ma se m'è forza perderti"

III, 2 - Finale III : The Masked Ball, Scene and Chorus : "Ah! dessa è là... Ignota donna questo foglio diemmi"

III, 3 - Canzone (Finale III) : "Saper vorreste di che si veste"

III, 3 - Chorus and Scene (Finale III) : "Fervono amori e danze (Cont.)"

III, 3 - Scene, Little Duet and Chorus (Finale III) : "Ah! Perchè qui! Fuggite!"

III, 3 - Final Scene : "Ella è pura"

Verdi's Un ballo in maschera

Liliana Cavani (stage director), Riccardo Muti (conductor) – With Salvatore Licitra (Riccardo), Maria Guleghina (Amelia) – Teatro alla Scala

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Cast

Liliana Cavani — Stage director

Dante Ferretti — Set designer, lighting

Gabriella Pescucci — Costumes designer

Mischa van Hoecke — Choreographer

Salvatore Licitra — Riccardo

Bruno Caproni — Renato

Maria Guleghina — Amelia

Program notes

Transported by the baton of Riccardo Muti and the best singers, a memorable Masked Ball at the Scala in Milan.

Conducted by Riccardo Muti, the master of the Scala in Milan for twenty years (1986 to 2005), the Verdian melodrama unfolds before our eyes directed by Liliana Cavani. This production, recorded live in 2001, is ageless, Cavani's approach being that of timeless tradition: pasteboard and period costumes triumph as if to prove that nothing changes at the Scala.

In any case, musical excellence is pre-eminent as usual: to start with, the role of Riccardo is played by the wonderful Salvatore Licitra who began his career as a tenor precisely with A Masked Ball, in Parma, in 1998. As for Maria Guleghina, she plays an exceptionally good Amelia. The orchestra and chorus of the Scala, as well as all of the soloists, are transported by Riccardo Muti's passionate and contrasted conducting, proving once again what a wonderful Verdian he is.

Libretto by Antonio Somma taken from Gustave III ou Le bal masqué by Eugenio Scribe

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