Un Ballo in maschera at La Monnaie
Dates: (5/12/2015 - 5/27/2015 )
La Monnaie |
23, rue Léopold
Brussel,Brussels 1000
Phone: +32 (0)2 229 12 11
Tickets: €15.00 - €140.00
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È scherzo od è follia ?’ A joke or pure madness, or is one really looking into the future in Un Ballo in maschera ? This work is a masterpiece of variety, of the fusion of differing stylistic elements, a work that relates first to the French opera comique and then to the Italian dramatic style, with characters who are among the most powerful Verdi ever created. The censor forced Verdi to switch from the original historical context – the murder of the Swedish king during a masked ball in 1792 – to the Boston of the 17th century, but his human and political message is no less forceful. The director Alex Ollé and his company La Fura dels Baus set the action in the near future, in the atmosphere of Orwell’s 1984, where power is totalitarian, while all the characters wear their masks throughout the performance in a bankrupt society founded on hypocrisy.
Cast and Creative team for Un Ballo in maschera at La Monnaie
Music direction ¦ Carlo Rizzi
Director ¦ Alex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus)
Set design ¦ Alfons Flores
Costumes ¦ Lluc Castells
Lighting ¦ Urs Schönebaum
Chorus direction ¦ Martino Faggiani
Gustav III ¦ Stefano Secco (12, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 26 May)
Riccardo Massi (13, 16, 19, 21, 26 & 27 May)
René Ankarström ¦ George Petean (12, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 26 May)
Scott Hendricks (13, 16, 19, 21, 24 & 27 May)
Amelia ¦ Tamar Iveri (12, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 26 May)
María José Siri (13, 16, 19, 21, 24 & 27 May)
Ulrica Arfvidsson ¦ Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Oscar ¦ Kathleen Kim (12, 15, 17, 20 & 23 May)
Ilse Eerens (13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26 & 27 May)
Cristiano ¦ Roberto Accurso
Ribbing ¦ Tijl Faveyts
Horn ¦ Kurt Gysen
Orchestra & chorus ¦ La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Director ¦ Alex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus)
Set design ¦ Alfons Flores
Costumes ¦ Lluc Castells
Lighting ¦ Urs Schönebaum
Chorus direction ¦ Martino Faggiani
Gustav III ¦ Stefano Secco (12, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 26 May)
Riccardo Massi (13, 16, 19, 21, 26 & 27 May)
René Ankarström ¦ George Petean (12, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 26 May)
Scott Hendricks (13, 16, 19, 21, 24 & 27 May)
Amelia ¦ Tamar Iveri (12, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 26 May)
María José Siri (13, 16, 19, 21, 24 & 27 May)
Ulrica Arfvidsson ¦ Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Oscar ¦ Kathleen Kim (12, 15, 17, 20 & 23 May)
Ilse Eerens (13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26 & 27 May)
Cristiano ¦ Roberto Accurso
Ribbing ¦ Tijl Faveyts
Horn ¦ Kurt Gysen
Orchestra & chorus ¦ La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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