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Title

Un ballo in maschera [videorecording] / music, Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Antonio Somma (after Eugène Scribe) ; a Metropolitan Opera television production ; Brian Large, video director.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Publication

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video ; New York, NY : manufactured and marketed by Polygram Video, p1992, c1991.

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Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Nucci, Leo.
• Millo, Aprile.
• Quivar, Florence.
• Blackwell, Harolyn.
• Cook, Terry.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Hawkins, Gordon.
• Fracker, Richard.
• Peloso, Antoinette.
• Bugler, Marcus.
• Carman, Joseph.
• Gelb, Peter.
• Large, Brian.
• Faggioni, Piero.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Description

2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sd., col.; 12 in.

Uniform Title

Ballo in maschera

Alternative Title

• Ballo in maschera
• Masked ball
• Bal masqué
• Maskenball

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Video.

Note

• Opera in three acts.
• Parallel titles on container: A masked ball = Un bal masqué = Ein Maskenball.
• Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 1991.
• Program notes by Marcello Conati and plot synopsis by Michael Stegemann, both in English and French ([12] p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Executive producer, Peter Gelb ; production set, costume, and lighting design, Piero Faggioni.

Performer (note)

• Luciano Pavarotti (Gustav III) ; Leo Nucci (Captain Anckarström) ; Aprile Millo (Amelia) ; Florence Quivar (Ulrica Arfvidsson) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Oscar) ; Terry Cook (Count de Horn) ; Jeffrey Wells (Count Ribbing) ; Charles Anthony (Chief justice) ; Gordon Hawkins (Christiano) ; Richard Fracker (Amelia's servant) ; Antoinette Peloso, Marcus Bugler, Joseph Carman, solo dancers ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.

System Details (note)

• Extended play CLV, NTSC, stereo, CX encoded.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.

Call Number

*LVD 106 (F)

LCCN

044007252512

OCLC

• 28756260
• NYPG99-F12

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Un ballo in maschera [videorecording] / music, Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Antonio Somma (after Eugène Scribe) ; a Metropolitan Opera television production ; Brian Large, video director.

Imprint

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video ; New York, NY : manufactured and marketed by Polygram Video, p1992, c1991.

Cast

Luciano Pavarotti (Gustav III) ; Leo Nucci (Captain Anckarström) ; Aprile Millo (Amelia) ; Florence Quivar (Ulrica Arfvidsson) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Oscar) ; Terry Cook (Count de Horn) ; Jeffrey Wells (Count Ribbing) ; Charles Anthony (Chief justice) ; Gordon Hawkins (Christiano) ; Richard Fracker (Amelia's servant) ; Antoinette Peloso, Marcus Bugler, Joseph Carman, solo dancers ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.

Credits

Executive producer, Peter Gelb ; production set, costume, and lighting design, Piero Faggioni.

System Details

Extended play CLV, NTSC, stereo, CX encoded.

Language

Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.

Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Nucci, Leo. Performer

Millo, Aprile. Performer

Quivar, Florence. Performer

Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer

Cook, Terry. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Hawkins, Gordon. Performer

Fracker, Richard. Performer

Peloso, Antoinette. Performer

Bugler, Marcus. Performer

Carman, Joseph. Performer

Gelb, Peter. Producer

Large, Brian. Director

Faggioni, Piero. Designer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

044007252512

Publisher No.

440 072 525-1 Deutsche Grammophon Video

Research Call Number

*LVD 106 (F) Program notes on file.