Verdi: Un ballo in mascheraMovie
Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué. The plot concerns the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden who was shot, as the result of a political conspiracy, while attending a masked ball, dying of his wounds thirteen days later.
About Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera is a 1990 movie directed by Brian Large, John Schlesinger.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 25m, production credits from Austria, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Plácido Domingo, Josephine Barstow, Leo Nucci, Florence Quivar. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
