The MET Live in HD: Un Ballo in Maschera

Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:00 p.m.

Verdi’s vivid drama of jealousy and vengeance will be seen in a new production by acclaimed opera director David Alden, returning to the Met for the first time in more than 20 years. Fabio Luisi conducts his first Met performances of the opera, which stars Sondra Radvanovsky in her Met role debut as Amelia, Marcelo Álvarez as Gustavo III, Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Anckarström, Stephanie Blythe as the fortuneteller Ulrica, and Kathleen Kim as the page Oscar. Alden, whose production is set in a dreamlike, early 20th-century Swedish environment, says that “Un Ballo in Maschera is one of Verdi’s greatest and most brilliant scores, with a variety of different colors. It alternates between the light and the intensely melodramatic. Verdi pulls it all together with unbelievable theatrical energy. Ballo is theatrical dynamite.”

The Metropolitan Opera's groundbreaking series: The Met: Live in HD is LIVE at the Majestic Theater.
Broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera from Lincoln Center will be shown on the historical Majestic Theater's screen and enhanced by live interviews and a look at behind-the-scenes action.

Ticket Price: Adult $25, Seniors $23, Students $17 (taxes & fees included)



The MET Live in HD series:
December 15, Aida
January 5, Les Troyens
January 19, Maria Stuarda
February 16, Rigoletto
March 2, Parsifal
March 16, Francesa da Rimini
April 27, Giulio Cesare

Contact Phone: 717-337-8200
Contact E-mail: majestictheater@gettysburg.edu