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Opera

A Masked Ball

Giuseppe Verdi

Opéra Bastille

from 16 January to 10 February 2018

A Masked Ball

Opéra Bastille - from 16 January to 10 February 2018

Synopsis

In the confusion of masks, the blow can only be fatal;it will be a funeral dance with pale beauties - Samuel et Tom, Acte III, scène 4


When he composed Un ballo in maschera, Verdi already had numerous masterpieces to his name. He now aspired to new and extremel bold subjects.
History was to supply him with a subject this time: the assassination of the King of Sweden, Gustave III, in 1792 at a masked ball. In Naples, however, censorship was the order of the day: one could not assassinate a king on stage and the composer found himself obliged to transpose his ball to Boston at the end of the 17th century. This opera combines politics with passion: it is his love for a woman, his jealousy and folly that guide Renato’s hand as he stabs his friend Riccardo… The director Gilbert Deflo retains the American setting for this drama but places the action at the time of the work’s composition, in a universe of chiaroscuro in which monumental sets predominate.

Duration :

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

Artists

Opera in three acts

After Eugène Scribe, Gustave III ou le Bal masqué

Creative team

Cast

Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
French and English surtitles

Media

  • Podcast Un bal masqué

    Podcast Un bal masqué

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  • Sondra Radvanovsky, qual soave Amelia

    Sondra Radvanovsky, qual soave Amelia

    Watch the video

  • Draw me A masked ball

    Draw me A masked ball

    Watch the video

  • Octave's winter playlist

    Octave's winter playlist

    Read the article

Podcast Un bal masqué

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"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique

07 min

Podcast Un bal masqué

By Judith Chaine, France Musique

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" offers original incursions into the season thanks to broadcasts produced by France Musique and the Paris Opera. For each opera or ballet production, Judith Chaine (opera) and Stéphane Grant (dance), present the works and artists you are going to discover when you attend performances in our theatres.       

Sondra Radvanovsky, qual soave Amelia

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Conversation with the heroine of Un ballo in maschera

4:56 min

Sondra Radvanovsky, qual soave Amelia

By Anna Schauder

Top Verdi soprano Sondra Radvanovsky plays Amelia for the first time at the Opéra Bastille in a production staged by Gilbert Deflo. Parisian audiences will see her again in June 2018 in Verdi's Il Trovatore.

© Pauline Andrieu

Draw me A masked ball

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with Hop'éra!

1:25 min

Draw me A masked ball

By Pauline Andrieu

© Brodbeck & de Barbuat / OnP

Octave's winter playlist

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Music

01 min

Octave's winter playlist

By Octave

Now that the weather has put on its coat of wind, cold and rain, Octave's mission is to warm hearts. We have put together a playlist of Rossini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky.

  • Lumière sur : les coulisses de Un bal masqué
  • Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi (Simone Piazzola)
  • Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi (Varduhi Abrahamyan)
  • Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi (Nina Minasyan)
  • Un bal masqué - Trailer
  • Un bal masqué - Giuseppe Verdi

    — By In partnership with France Musique

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Place de la Bastille

75012 Paris

Public transport

Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)

Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16

Calculate my route
Car park

Q-Park Opéra Bastille 34, rue de Lyon 75012 Paris

Book your parking spot

In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €70 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Opéra Bastille
  • Open 1h before performances and until performances end
  • Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82

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