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Final Performance is Friday

Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)

By Giuseppe Verdi

Overview

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Dates

September 6–27, 2024

Libretto

Antonio Somma

Price

Starting at $28

Run Time

2 hours and 55 minutes with two intermissions

Language

Italian

Unmasked Love. Inescapable Fate.

King Gustav III secretly harbors a love for Amelia, the wife of his closest advisor and friend. When a visit to a fortune teller confirms that his love is reciprocated and reveals a plot against his life, the seeds of his undoing take root.

Lavish costumes adorn masked courtiers as they gossip through the political machinations of eighteenth-century Sweden. Leo Muscato’s direction makes this new-to-San Francisco Opera production a must-see return to Verdi’s thrilling drama. 

Un Ballo in Maschera continues Music Director Eun Sun Kim’s exploration of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.

The Buzz

“Any production this well sung and well directed deserves the largest possible audience.
-San Francisco Chronicle

[Michael] Fabiano has the burnished tone, passion and sweeping musical line that Verdi’s heroes require, whether singing heroically or tenderly.”
-San Francisco Chronicle

Mei Gui Zhang’s vivid coloratura soprano and agile physicality made the character a bright, endearing presence”
-San Francisco Chronicle

See a Performance

Opera Previews - Learn more about Un Ballo in Maschera during a 90-minute exploration of the music and history, led by dynamic opera experts and scholars. Click on the Opera Previews button below for more information.
Opera Previews

OperaVision, HD video projection screens featured in the Balcony level for the first three performances.
 
 
 
 
 

Pre-Opera Talks
Join us 55 minutes before every performance for an engaging 20-minute overview of the opera.  Click on the below Learn More button for more information.

PRE-OPERA TALKS

 

Synopsis

* San Francisco Opera Debut

A co-production between the Malmö Opera and Theatro dell’Opera di Roma

Made Possible By

This production is made possible, in part, by

Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey.
Additional support is provided by Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson; Keith and Priscilla Geeslin; the San Francisco Opera Guild;
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn; Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem; and The Thomas Tilton Production Fund