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SUMMARY:A Masked Ball\, by Verdi
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270428T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270428T213000
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DESCRIPTION:A king in love with his best friend's wife\; a conspirator who
  discovers the betrayal too late to act honorably\; a fortune-teller whose
  prophecy no one wants to believe\; and a masked ball where all the thread
 s of the plot converge. Premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on February
  17\, 1859\, Un ballo in maschera is one of Verdi's most singular works. T
 he libretto\, by Antonio Somma\, is based on the assassination of King Gus
 tav III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792. In Verdi's hands\, a political
  conspiracy and a secret love become inextricable\, as the friendship betw
 een the King and Renato\, his advisor\, crumbles under the weight of a pas
 sion neither can control. The score moves between tragedy and lightness\, 
 especially in the pages entrusted to Oscar\, the King's page\, whose music
  radiates the distinctly French lightness that Verdi assimilated from his 
 experience on Parisian stages. Lisbon holds a special place in the history
  of this opera: on April 15\, 1860\, just over a year after the Rome premi
 ere\, the then Royal Theatre of São Carlos was the first opera house to s
 tage Un ballo in maschera outside Italy\, with Gaetano Fraschini\, the ten
 or who had created the title role\, repeating it in the Portuguese capital
 . Pre-concert talk 30 min. before each performance. El Corte Inglés suppo
 rts the CCB's Classical Music Mediation Programme. Accessibility: Audio-de
 scribed session on April 30.
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LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Lisboa\, Portugal
STATUS:CONFIRMED
URL:https://eventosdeportugal.com/en/eventos/1a5b0816-a060-4a9e-a948-4c62f
 47c5986/um-baile-de-mascaras-de-verdi/
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