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Un ballo in maschera: Character Map
Un ballo in maschera: Roles
| Riccardo | Earl of Warwick and governor of Boston | tenor |
| Renato | Riccardo’s secretary | baritone |
| Amelia | Renato’s wife | soprano |
| Ulrica | a fortune-teller | contralto |
| Oscar | Riccardo’s page | soprano |
- Native title: Un ballo in maschera
- Composers: Giuseppe Verdi
- Librettist: Antonio Somma
- Based on: Eugène Scribe’s Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué
- Language: Italian
- Premiere: February 17, 1859, Teatro Apollo, Rome
- Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes (Act 1: 50 minutes, Act 2: 30 minutes, Act 3: 50 minutes)
Un ballo in maschera: Short Synopsis
Governor Riccardo is secretly in love with Amelia, the wife of his subordinate Renato. Amelia also has feelings for Riccardo.
A fortune teller predicts Riccardo’s death.
Riccardo and Amelia discover their feelings for each other, and her husband Renato also becomes aware of their feelings. Renato wants to kill Riccardo. He carries out Riccardo’s murder at a masked ball.